Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich., greeted President Donald Trump on the tarmac in Michigan earlier than his speech to Nationwide Guard members on Tuesday, the place she additionally spoke on the occasion with out hiding her face.
“Properly, I hadn’t deliberate to talk, however on behalf of all of the army women and men who serve our nation and serve so honorably on behalf of the State of Michigan, I’m actually rattling pleased we’re right here,” Whitmer mentioned.
Fox Information co-host Decide Jeanine Pirro mentioned on “The 5” Tuesday that Whitmer had an opportunity to set the tone for the Democratic Get together.
“I believe that…in fact, she’s there due to the troops, however there are some Democrats who would not be in the identical room with Donald Trump,” Pirro mentioned. “I believe that she did the precise factor, and I believe that desirous to work with the president to deliver again manufacturing to Michigan is a great transfer.”
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President Donald Trump listens as Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks to members of the Michigan Nationwide Guard at Selfridge Air Nationwide Guard Base, Tuesday, in Harrison Township, Mich. (AP Picture/Alex Brandon)
In the course of the occasion on Tuesday, Trump unveiled plans to swap out the retiring A-10 Warthog plane based mostly out of Selfridge Air Nationwide Guard Base in Michigan with 21 brand-new F-15EX Eagle II fighter jets.
Trump shared the main points throughout a speech to Nationwide Guard members on the Michigan base earlier than an occasion commemorating his one hundredth day in workplace.
“So I need to thank Governor Gretchen Whitmer for bringing it additionally to our consideration very strongly. And, you understand, I am not supposed to try this. She’s a Democrat. They are saying, ‘Do not do this. Do not have her right here.’ I mentioned, ‘No, she’s going to be right here,'” Trump mentioned. “She’s finished an excellent job, frankly. And he or she’s she was very a lot concerned with, with the Republicans. They labored collectively on saving it. And it was not simple. So I need to thanks very a lot, Gretchen. Good job.”
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appears to be like on as President Donald Trump indicators govt orders within the Oval Workplace of the White Home on April 9, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Photographs)
Whitmer’s presence Tuesday got here a number of weeks after seemingly hiding her face throughout a gathering with Trump within the Oval Workplace.
Whitmer was criticized for shielding her face with a folder as a photograph of the second turned a meme on social media.
She poked enjoyable on the now-viral second by as soon as once more holding folders up in entrance of her face when requested about her journey to Washington, D.C., throughout an occasion on the Detroit Financial Membership after the assembly with the president.
“… I don’t need my image taken, that’s all it was. I form of wished I hadn’t put my folder up in entrance of my face, however no matter. You understand I used to be there … I simply wrote a e book about studying to giggle at your self, so I’m fairly good at it. All of us have our moments,” Whitmer mentioned.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer waits with Michigan Nationwide Guard adjutant normal Main Gen. Paul Rogers at Selfridge Air Nationwide Guard Base, Tuesday, in Harrison Township, Mich. (AP Picture/Alex Brandon)
The governor’s journey to Washington introduced her 2028 presidential ambitions into the nationwide dialog as she struck a diplomatic tone with Trump. She rigorously criticized Trump’s tariffs whereas saying she understood the “motivation behind the tariffs” and even agreeing with Trump that we “must make extra stuff in America.”
Whitmer’s Oval Workplace second marked her second assembly with Trump in lower than a month, and Tuesday’s assembly now marks the third. As Trump signed govt orders from the Oval Workplace on April 9 and answered questions from the press, he mentioned Whitmer had “finished a superb job” as governor and referred to as her a “superb individual,” a break from his typical strains of assault on her character.
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When Trump signed the chief orders calling for the investigation of two first-term administration aides who had been important of his actions, Whitmer’s workplace mentioned she was introduced into the room “with none discover” and that her look was “not an endorsement of the actions taken or statements made.”
However Trump referred to as the problems “bipartisan” and jokingly added, “We’ll all stand there collectively and reduce a ribbon. OK, Gretchen?”
Fox Information Digital’s Diana Stancy and Deirdre Heavey contributed to this report.
Greg Wehner is a breaking information reporter for Fox Information Digital.
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