Candidate credits tariff interventions for saving Michigan jobs and farms

The Candidate pointed to recent manufacturing wins and tariff actions that he said benefited Michigan. He cited the reshoring of the Chevy Silverado to Michigan as "huge for us" and said tariffs helped protect cherry farmers from dumping by foreign producers.

"We saved the, cherry industry in Michigan, was getting dumped on by a foreign country... That tariff has been really, really important," he said, adding that similar steps were important for sugar beets and smaller manufacturers. He said he would "go to the president and work to get rid of" tariffs he deems harmful and to preserve those that protect local jobs.