https://www.reddit.com/r/Michigan/comments/1igc0i6/what_trump_promised_michiganders/
created by i_rule_u_dont on 03/02/2025 at 00:17 UTC
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Here's a baker's dozen of the promises Trump made while campaigning in Michigan that helped him secure the state and earn the presidency:
1. Pledged to cut energy prices by 50% within 12 months. (Oct. 18, Detroit)
2. Promised to cut taxes, reduce regulations, curb wasteful spending, unleash energy production, and rapidly drive prices down, including lowering grocery bills. (Oct. 10, Detroit)
3. Promised to create "the greatest job boom the world has ever seen" and ensure that "everyone will prosper, every family will thrive." (Oct. 3, Saginaw County)
4. Vowed to bring back auto manufacturing to its former prominence and create more jobs than Michigan has ever had. (Sept. 27, Walker)
5. Proposed making interest on car loans tax-deductible. (Oct. 10, Detroit Economic Club)
6. Promised tariffs on products made outside the U.S. to benefit Michigan’s auto industry and reduce the national deficit. (Oct. 3, Saginaw Valley State University)
7. Committed to a "stunning rebirth" for Detroit, calling it the "Michigan miracle." (Oct. 10 and Oct. 18, Detroit)
8. Promised to eliminate taxes on tips for restaurant and hospitality workers. (June 15, Detroit)
9. Promised to eliminate taxes on overtime pay. (Nov. 1, Macomb County)
10. Promised to eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits. (June 15, Detroit; Nov. 1, Macomb County)
11. Vowed to massively cut taxes for workers and small businesses. (Nov. 1, Macomb County)
12. Promised to remove 10 old and burdensome regulations for every new regulation implemented. (Oct. 3, Saginaw County)
13. Promised government or insurance company funding for in-vitro fertilization to encourage more births. (Aug. 29, Potterville)
Based on his first two weeks, do you think any of these promises will delivered upon?
If you voted for Trump and very little of this happens during the next four years, how would that make you feel?
Comment by MoneyManx10 at 03/02/2025 at 01:53 UTC
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Trump question in Warren, Michigan
AUDIENCE QUESTION: Thank you so much for coming to Michigan. My name is Ashley and I work at the Chrysler plant. Like many auto workers, I am deeply concerned about the future of our industry. With many jobs being outsourced as we speak, what action will you take to ensure that our jobs stay in America so we can continue to build the best cars in the world here in Michigan?
DONALD TRUMP: So, pretty much as we’ve been saying, and what I want to do is I want to be able to — Look, your business — Years ago in this area, I was honored as the man of the year. It was maybe 20 years ago. Oh, and the fake news heard about it. They said, it never happened. It never happened. And I didn’t know who it was. It was a group that honored me as man of the year. The fakers back there, see the fake news. But they said — They said, oh — And they looked and, you know, they said it never happened. But I said, I swear to you, it happened.
It did happen. I was man of the year. And I came and I made a speech and I said, why do you allow them to take your car business away? Why do you allow it to happen? They’re taking your business away. And I didn’t know too much about it. All I know is they were taking your car industry away from you. They said it never happened.
And lo and behold, somebody said, I remember the event. And then we found out and we had everything. We got the awards. We had everything. It did happen. But I gave a speech, which at the time was pretty controversial. We can’t let them take your car business away. It’s such an important business.
And you know it’s an important business even in times of war where they switch over. And it was really something. And I looked at that speech from, I don’t know, it’s like 19, 20 years ago. And I could repeat it now without changing a word.
You cannot let foreign countries, and a lot of the times our worst foes are our so-called friends, okay? You know, our friends, the European Union takes tremendous advantage of us. As an example, they give us cars by the millions. We don’t have too many Chevrolets in the middle of European cities, okay? European Union is brutal. They don’t take our farm products for the most part. They don’t take a lot. But unlike Kamala, who always complains and doesn’t do anything, I keep saying, why don’t you do?
I saw Marsha the other day. Why doesn’t she, why didn’t she do it four years ago almost? And I say that, you know, she’s on the border today trying just to, what a day for the border. She goes to the border today, and they just announced just before she got up to speak that more than 13,000 murderers from jail, solitary confinement people in many cases, were released.
But I just say, let’s go back. So we can’t let them take our businesses. And we’re not gonna let them take our businesses. And you can control that so easily through good policy. Not her kind of policy, by the way. She changed her policy 15 times. No fracking. Oh, I like fracking. Defund the police. She wants to defund the police. Now, oh, I love the police all of a sudden. By the way, when anybody is into defunding the police even for a day during their career, they can no longer serve as President of the United States, I can tell you.
So we’re not gonna let them take our businesses. And really, a lot of that’s determined by our taxation policy. When China has to pay all that money, the people that liked me the best were the steel companies because I saved them. They were dumping China and others, but mostly China was dumping steel in here at levels that nobody had ever seen before.
And it was putting the steel companies out of business. I put a 50% and 100% tax on the dumping of steel and the steel companies thrived. I saved them, and you have to have the steel companies. So we’ll do the same thing.
And you don’t worry about it. Here’s what you have to do. I only ask you to do one thing, and then you can sleep beautifully all night long, go to a job you love, and get a lot of money at the end of the week. You know what the thing is? Vote for Trump. If you vote for Trump, everything’s gonna be perfect.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/live/it1J3V5QqMk?t=5661&si=tFY8IY7dE9xqQ_rj
Comment by mdtopp111 at 03/02/2025 at 00:24 UTC
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Damn that’s crazy, my CoL is about to go up exponentially thanks to his needless tariffs on our trade allies.
It’s almost as if anyone with half a brain said this would happen
Comment by Bobafettm at 03/02/2025 at 00:24 UTC
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The cult doesn’t care… those are policy discussions… what the cult cares about is hating other human beings and making sure their “team” wins.
One thing Michiganders sure didn’t vote for was Elon but it doesn’t matter now since no DoJ, congress person, or military personnel has any authority or spine to stop it.
Comment by Amonamission at 03/02/2025 at 01:17 UTC
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As a federal employee likely to get fed to the fishes at any moment, I want to take a moment to say that if I ever meet any of you in person and learn that you voted for Trump in this election, you are dead to me. Dead. I’m gonna lose my job fairly soon along with several hundred thousand federal employees and this country is going to be worse off and severely underserving the people of this nation as a result.
Trump is asking for a constitutional crisis or forceful revolution with every step he takes, and I don’t wanna hear any bullshit about how I’m overreacting. Your vote is going to drive this country back to the monopolies and Robber Barons of the early 1900s, with a side of autocratic government and undermining constitutional freedoms, and there’s not a damn thing anyone is doing (or can do, for that matter) to stop it.
Congratulations, you got what you wanted, enjoy the shit stain you’re leaving as your legacy.
Comment by it_goes_pew_pew at 03/02/2025 at 00:38 UTC
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Voted for Trump? Go fuck yourself.
Comment by Procrastinomics at 03/02/2025 at 00:43 UTC
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I mean. If Canada shuts off our electricity then our energy prices go to zero. 🥸
Comment by Existing_Imagination at 03/02/2025 at 01:40 UTC
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You know how people were like “let’s not let politics divide our families and friendships” i considered it, i really did.
But now that exactly what we told them would happen is actually happening. It makes me mad because we kept saying it but nothing got through to them. No matter how much you explained that tariffs, deportations and being anti human rights for lgtb+ and women was not going to fix the economy, they just didn’t want to listen
So sincerely, fuck them, from the bottom of my heart ❤️
Comment by Fast_Moon at 03/02/2025 at 02:41 UTC
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Republicans campaign like Marketing: They'll make grandiose promises that they know consumers will go for regardless of feasibility, then just assume someone else will figure out how to actually do it because they don't actually have any idea how their product works.
Democrats campaign like Engineering: They know how the product works and what all the feasibility limitations are, so will only promise you what they know with relative confidence they'd be able to deliver within the scheduling and cost constraints they're given, which usually isn't all that exciting.
(this time around, Marketing decided to fire all the engineers and do it themselves, and two weeks in, the factory is on fire)
Comment by alphadogg1 at 03/02/2025 at 00:22 UTC
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Not only will these promises not be delivered upon, but he will accomplish the exact inverse.
Comment by Turbo_Homewood at 03/02/2025 at 00:25 UTC
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Best he can do is a trade war and rapidly increasing prices.
Comment by AardvarkTerrible4666 at 03/02/2025 at 00:24 UTC
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Shit. Show. Extraordinaire.
P.T. Barnum was right after all these years.
Comment by vatreides411 at 03/02/2025 at 00:31 UTC
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Those who voted for Agolf Twitler need to read Project 2025. That is what you really voted for, and we warned you.
Comment by Arkvoodle42 at 03/02/2025 at 00:27 UTC
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at least 80% of those who voted for him would gladly do so YET AGAIN even if none of these promises are met so long as he punishes the brown people first.
Comment by jtactile at 03/02/2025 at 01:12 UTC
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Dude’s record bout to look like the ‘03 tigers
Comment by Shaq1287 at 03/02/2025 at 00:46 UTC
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Let's be honest, you didn't vote for Trump because of those promises. You voted for him because you liked his cruelty and lack of empathy.
Comment by 2dayisago at 03/02/2025 at 02:59 UTC
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The tarrifs are a distraction from what DOGe is doing at USAID. Collecting classified information on payments. Surely elonia won't use that info for his personal gain. A spy in plain sight.
Comment by MarkMaynardDotcom at 03/02/2025 at 00:34 UTC
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I've heard it said before that no one who voted for him will care, as long as they're convinced that non-straight, and non-white people are suffering more than they are.
Comment by momob3rry at 03/02/2025 at 00:59 UTC
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The cult is getting exactly what they wanted. Complete dismantling of the government. Don’t think they realized in their delusional minds it was never going to benefit them.
Comment by Hass181 at 03/02/2025 at 01:23 UTC
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We’re screwed.
Comment by AccomplishedBug4036 at 03/02/2025 at 01:41 UTC
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Here we go.
The Nazi government developed a partnership with leading German business interests, who supported the goals of the regime and its war effort in exchange for advantageous contracts, subsidies, and the suppression of the trade union movement. Cartels and monopolies were encouraged at the expense of small businesses, even though the Nazis had received considerable electoral support from small business owners.
Comment by DeliBoy at 03/02/2025 at 02:13 UTC
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Thank you for compiling this list. We all know Trump spews endless bullshit, lies constantly, and breaks promises, so this is really just a catalog of the ways he will specifically fail Michiganders.
Comment by External_Produce7781 at 03/02/2025 at 03:04 UTC
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Im actually going to post this quote-reply string not to debunk the OP, but to illustrate each point.
Here's a baker's dozen of the promises Trump made while campaigning in Michigan that helped him secure the state and earn the presidency:
Pledged to cut energy prices by 50% within 12 months. (Oct. 18, Detroit)
Andddd... he just put a (minimum) 10% increase on energy prices into effect starting tuesday. And since Canada is assuredly not going to back down (is already talking with mexico about simply trading *around* us, and with the EU about closer trade ties to not have to import anything from US), that will double next monday according Mango Mantard's latest threat if Canada "dared" to impose retaliatory tariffs.
Promised to cut taxes, reduce regulations, curb wasteful spending, unleash energy production, and rapidly drive prices down, including lowering grocery bills. (Oct. 10, Detroit)
Already increased taxes on Americans 25%+ on almost everything, and soon to be 100% on the things Americans use the most of - electronics and coffee. (100% tariffs on BRICS!) Oh and that 25%.. will double to 50% according to him if Canada and Mexico "dare" to put in retaliatory tariffs, which both have already anounced.
Promised to create "the greatest job boom the world has ever seen" and ensure that "everyone will prosper, every family will thrive." (Oct. 3, Saginaw County)
Well his tariffs aginst Canada and Mexico already have GM and other manufacturers warning that plants will start shutting down in weeks if the tariffs stand.
Vowed to bring back auto manufacturing to its former prominence and create more jobs than Michigan has ever had. (Sept. 27, Walker)
Yep, with all those auto plants closing due to no parts...
Proposed making interest on car loans tax-deductible. (Oct. 10, Detroit Economic Club)
Yeah, we're going to replace that revenue with.. ***what, exactly?*** Also, no wayt his gets passed through Congress.
Promised tariffs on products made outside the U.S. to benefit Michigan’s auto industry and reduce the national deficit. (Oct. 3, Saginaw Valley State University)
Well, part 1 for sure. But.... its not goign to benefit Michigan's Auto Industry. its going to bankrupt/destroy it when the price of cars gets 50% more expensive overnight and they cant even make cars because they cant get parts.
People already cant afford new cars... .theyre going to be able to afford them when they are 50-100% more expensive?
Committed to a "stunning rebirth" for Detroit, calling it the "Michigan miracle." (Oct. 10 and Oct. 18, Detroit)
As a suburbanite, im of the opinion that Detroit was doing pretty good on its own rebirth. Every time i visit the city, it looks better than it has been in decades.
Promised to eliminate taxes on tips for restaurant and hospitality workers. (June 15, Detroit)
Be interesting to see how that gets past Congress.
Promised to eliminate taxes on overtime pay. (Nov. 1, Macomb County)
What he doesn't say is the part where the other half of this proposal would allow WAY more jobs to NOT EVER pay Overtime. Like, it switches it to quarterly total hours, and allows an employer to just give you time off instead, wether you want it or not.
And then it has no provisions in it for actually forcing the employer to let you take that newly accrued time off if you're a "necesary employee"
Promised to eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits. (June 15, Detroit; Nov. 1, Macomb County)
Yeah, ok. Mind, im not for or against this - i think the tax implications/revenue implications are awful (most people who rely entirely on Social Security dont even hit the threshhold for owing tax at the end of the year and get a full refund, but allowing the government to hold that tax money for the year and accrue interest on it puts ***billions*** into the treasury.
Vowed to massively cut taxes for workers and small businesses. (Nov. 1, Macomb County)
His released tax plan shows that anyone not making a couple hundred grand a year will pay more in taxes. And tariffs are taxes. And tariffs particularly crush small businesses.
Promised to remove 10 old and burdensome regulations for every new regulation implemented. (Oct. 3, Saginaw County)
I.E. when you get injured, the regulations that would have protected you and helped you get care, will be gone and you will be fucked.
Promised government or insurance company funding for in-vitro fertilization to encourage more births. (Aug. 29, Potterville)
And this... was never spoken of again.
Based on his first two weeks, do you think any of these promises will delivered upon?
If you voted for Trump and very little of this happens during the next four years, how would that make you feel?
Im not sure why you're trying to engage with people too stupid to understand he's going to fuck them, but you do you, i guess.
Comment by RichieD79 at 03/02/2025 at 03:58 UTC
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Sadly his cult won’t care. They’re too brainwashed. They will blame Canada and the liberals. They will blame POC and the “illegal” boogeymen.
Our lives will get more and more expensive and it’ll all be everyone else’s fault except for the person pulling the strings.
Comment by Dundiditnow at 03/02/2025 at 01:28 UTC
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RemindMe! 3.5 years
Comment by Ok_Egg_471 at 03/02/2025 at 00:38 UTC*
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It funny because Trump later made the statement “I can’t control grocery prices”. No shit Sherlock. But that sure didn’t stop him from blaming Biden for high grocery prices.
Edited for typo