ANALYSIS — Boastful and more than a little defiant, President Donald Trump on Tuesday used a rally in Michigan and a network television interview to defend his first 100 days back in office against Democratic charges that he was making Americans worse off.
Trump’s first domestic trip to directly address voters took him to the automotive and industrial hub of Macomb County, where he bested Democrat Kamala Harris in November by nearly 70,000 votes. The choice of Macomb came as Trump continued selling his remake of the U.S. economy to focus on greater domestic production.
Trump opened his address by claiming to have orchestrated “the best … 100-day start of any president in American history.” After a loud chants of “U-S-A,” the president dropped some of his favorite claims: “Everyone is saying it,” and “We’re making America great again” via a “revolution of common sense.” And during the rally and his interview with ABC News, he repeatedly brought up his predecessor, Joe Biden, as he has done many times since returning to office.
