Trump's 100th-day speech: "Nothing will stop me."

WashingtonDonald Trump closed his election campaign in Michigan with a rally in which he promised his supporters that it would be "the last thing we do." In that same state, the Republican celebrated his first 100 days in office on Tuesday, and the idea of a third term was now looming among the audience. "Trump 2028, is that okay with anyone?" asked one of the tycoon's communications assistants, Margo Martin, when the president invited her up on stage. Trump's supporters responded with applause and shouts of excitement at the idea of the Republican running again in the presidential election despite the Constitution prohibiting it. One hundred days in office were enough for Trump to break another consensus, a taboo for any other president. The tycoon sent out a clear message in his speech. Top 100 government leaders in their second term: "Nothing will stop me."

"This is the best start to 100 days that any president has ever had in history, and everyone says it... we've barely begun. You ain't seen nothing yet," the president celebrated at the start, despite polls saying otherwise. Since Trump took office, his approval rating has only continued to decline. Especially this April, since he started his trade war.

Popularity Drop

A new CNN poll on Monday showed that 59% of Americans believe Trump has worsened the economy since he took office. In total, 6 in 10 respondents say their living costs have become more expensive, and only 12% believe the Republican's policies will help lower prices. Furthermore, 69% of citizens already believe an economic recession could occur in this first year.

Michigan was one of the seven key Midwestern states up for grabs in the last election, and Trump managed to shift its color from Democratic blue to Republican red. One of the Republican's great campaign promises was to restore the golden age to the citizens of the West Belt who saw the promise of the American dream fade with globalization and the progressive offshoring of factories. One hundred days after Trump's return to the White House, the situation is more difficult. The unemployment rate rose to 5.5%, above the national average of 4.2%. But denying reality has never been a problem for Trump, who has claimed that he is "delivering jobs."

"After decades of politicians destroying Detroit to build Beijing, you finally have a champion for working people in the White House, and instead of favoring China, I'm prioritizing Michigan, I'm prioritizing America after a lifetime of unelected bureaucrats having their parents stolen from them." Warren, A city in North Detroit. Just four weeks ago, the car manufacturer Stellantis was temporarily laying off 900 Detroit workers as a result of the entry into force of 25% tariffs on vehicle importsTrump, who today proclaimed himself a defender of the working class, was heading to Florida to play golf that same day. In fact, Tuesday's trip to Michigan is the first domestic flight Trump has taken in his first 100 days in office without stopping at one of his golf courses.

"Now we're respected all over the world."

"We're now respected all over the world," the president said, referring to the trade war from which he has already begun to back down. After the "liberation day" with the tariff table, days of de-escalation have come: the 90-day partial truce on reciprocal tariffs, the softening of the tone with China, and palliative measures for the auto industry. In fact, Trump signed this executive order, which seeks to offset the negative effects of tariffs on imported vehicles and assembly parts, on the plane en route to Michigan.

"They're coming from all over the world to see their president," Trump told the gathered crowd. "They're coming from India, they're coming from France, they're coming from Spain. Yes, they're coming from China, too. They're coming from all over the world to see their president. They want to make a deal. We have the product they want. We can just set the price, but I want to be respectful, and I want to be nice." No one knows anything about the alleged visit from China. In fact, the president has been making non-stop calls urging his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to pick up the phone and call him.

Just as he has boasted about placing the United States in a position of economic power, Trump has also claimed – falsely – that he has managed to lower the price of eggs "by 87%" and has once again attacked the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell: "I have a person at the Fed. criticize the Federal Reserve, you're supposed to let them do their job, but I know a lot more about interest rates than he does." Last week, he walked back his private comments about his desire to get rid of Powell because he still hasn't lowered interest rates.

The presidential speech has once again become a campaign speech with attacks on migrants, diversity policies, and now also on the "left-wing" judges who block his absolutist aspirations. Many of the themes and constructions were similar to the speech he gave last March before Congress.

Trump has continued to attack his predecessor with the old accusations of "Sleepy Joe. There has also been no shortage of disparaging comments about his electoral rival, Kamala Harris. To expand his repertoire, he has also attacked independent Senator Bernie Sanders and Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. "Bernie is probably the best thing they [the Democrats] have, who, by the way, is about seven or eight years older than I am. But I have to give him one thing: he's a crazy person, but he's still pretty smart," Trump said.

Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez have restored some hope to the Democrats with a new flank from which to attack Trump: the fight against the oligarchy. Both congressmen have managed to gather thousands of people at the rallies they have held in different states across the country. "Our crowds are much bigger than theirs. Their crowds are small," the president emphasized.