President Donald Trump commemorated his first 100 days in office during a rally in Michigan on Tuesday, where he celebrated his administration’s work to curb illegal immigration, cut back government waste, and eliminate woke ideology from schools.
“Week by week, we’re ending illegal immigration, we’re taking back our jobs, and protecting our great American autoworkers, and all of or workers, frankly — we’re protecting all of our workers,” Trump said during the rally. “We’re restoring the rule of law.”
“We’re ending the inflation nightmare, the worst that we’ve had probably in the history of our country, getting woke lunacy and transgender insanity the hell out of our government,” he said. “We’re stopping the indoctrination of our children, slashing billions and billions of dollars of waste, fraud, and abuse, and above all, we’re saving the American dream. We’re making America great again, and it’s happening fast.”
America has witnessed a “revolution of common sense” since Trump took office, he said — a revolution that hasn’t been without its dissidents.
Michigan Democratic Congressman Shri Thanedar, whom Trump called “some guy that I had never heard of,” introduced articles of impeachment against the president this week, including on charges such as obstruction of justice, abuse of power, usurpation of power, and corruption.
“What the hell did I do?! Here we go again; they want to impeach me!” Trump said. “This lunatic.” Democrats have gone “totally crazy,” Trump added.
Trump’s executive orders — which address issues such as border security, removing men from women’s sports, and tariffs — have been met with a flurry of action from federal judges, many of whom have questioned the legality of the orders. Such judges are “communists,” Trump said, and “are trying to take away the power given to the president.”
Tuesday’s event in the Detroit suburb of Warren was the first official rally of Trump’s presidency. Michigan, the critical swing state that helped win Trump the election, continues to play an important role in the president’s tenure. On Tuesday, Trump scaled back tariffs that were planned to hit the auto industry, which is headquartered in Michigan.
“After decades of politicians who destroyed Detroit to build up Beijing, you finally have a champion for workers in the White House, and instead of putting China first, I’m putting Michigan first, and I’m putting America first,” Trump said. “After a lifetime of unelected bureaucrats stealing your paychecks, attacking your values, and trampling your freedoms, we are stopping their gravy train, ending their power trip, and telling thousands of corrupt, incompetent, and unnecessary deep-state bureaucrats: ‘You’re fired.’”