
In Michigan, Vance says US manufacturing can rebound despite tariff jitters and falling markets
Associated PressBAY CITY, Mich. — Vice President JD Vance toured a Michigan plastics manufacturing facility on Friday, promoting a promised Trump administration industrial renaissance nationwide even as jitters about rising tariffs and steep drops in consumer confidence and financial markets point to the opposite. Speaking at Vantage Plastics, he vowed, “We started a great American comeback,” and said the Trump administration will “make it easier and more affordable to make things again in the United States.” But he also repeatedly urged patience before the Trump White House’s economic policies take hold, noting, “This is not always easy, and it doesn’t happen overnight.” Many Michigan businesses are especially concerned about a growing trade tiff with neighboring Canada that President Donald Trump has triggered with moves like increasing tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25% and that prompted swift retaliation from Ottawa and the European Union. Asked what he hoped to hear from Vance, Crosby had a simple answer: “Hope.” The 35-year-old supported Trump in last fall’s election and admitted that keeping up with the first few months of his presidency has been “hard.” Still, Crosby remains confident the president will help lower costs, saying, “It takes a long time to unravel all the craziness that’s happened over the last four years.” On the impact of tariffs on construction, Crosby said trade companies are struggling because “materials are expensive, everything’s expensive.” “We feel it in construction,” he added. USA!” “It’s as simple as that.” Frank Wyson, a worker at Vantage Plastics who stood onstage near Vance, said he wasn’t concerned about the tariffs’ potential impact on Michigan. “So, therefore, it’s time for the surrounding countries that’s gotten from us to give back to us.” Paul Aultman, Vantage’s CEO and founder, said the Vance event was focused on economics, not politics.
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