{"id":331847,"date":"2026-04-30T13:02:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/white-house-puts-whitmer-on-notice-about-who-is-actually-delivering-on-us-manufacturing-jobs.html"},"modified":"2026-04-30T13:02:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:02:28","slug":"white-house-puts-whitmer-on-notice-about-who-is-actually-delivering-on-us-manufacturing-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/white-house-puts-whitmer-on-notice-about-who-is-actually-delivering-on-us-manufacturing-jobs.html","title":{"rendered":"White House puts Whitmer on notice about who is &#8216;actually delivering&#8217; on US manufacturing jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/timesofnews.b-cdn.net\/timesofnewscdn\/usa\/07b4b0dd_image.jpg\" alt=\"Ford CEO Jim Farley: There is a reason the F-150 is a best seller\" width=\"896\" height=\"500\" data-v-324c3b57=\"\" \/> <span class=\"overlay\" data-v-324c3b57=\"\">Video<\/span><\/a> <!--&gt; \n\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-324c3b57=\"\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Ford CEO Jim Farley: There is a reason the F-150 is a best seller<\/a><\/h4>\n\n \n\n<p data-v-324c3b57=\"\">Ford CEO Jim Farley discusses the impact of tariffs on the auto industry and the rise in prices of vehicles on 'Fox  Friends.'<\/p>\n\n \n\n<p class=\"speakable\">News that a local steel manufacturing company would soon pour $43.4 million into expanding its <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Michigan<\/a>-based operations prompted praise from the <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">White House<\/a> \u2014 but not for the state\u2019s Democratic governor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"speakable\">\"Democrats like <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Gretchen Whitmer<\/a> spent decades talking about fixing broken trade deals and creating manufacturing jobs here in America for American workers,\" Kush Desai, a White House spokesperson, told Fox News Digital, referring to the Michigan governor who is often floated as a potential Democratic candidate for president in 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"President Trump is actually delivering \u2014 and he\u2019s delivering with the same agenda of tariffs, deregulation.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investment underscores President Donald Trump\u2019s recent restructuring on tariffs for steel, aluminum and copper \u2014 even as both parties claimed victory over Michigan\u2019s expanding steel production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>TRUMP\u2019S LATEST MOVE PROVES HIS MANUFACTURING GOLDEN AGE IS JUST FOOLS\u2019 GOLD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/timesofnews.b-cdn.net\/timesofnewscdn\/usa\/3d6a9f80_trump-and-gretchen-whitmer.jpeg\" alt=\"Donald Trump, left, pictured alongside Gretchen Whitmer, right.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/> \n\n<p><span>President Donald Trump, left, pictured alongside Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, right.<\/span> <span>(Roberto Schmidt\/Getty Images; Monica Morgan\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Michigan is on the move and open for business, competing for and winning big projects in industries like steel manufacturing,\" Whitmer said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investment, made by the Adrian Steel Company, would create at least 40 new jobs as the company expands its existing facilities in the southeast part of the state through a new 112,000-square-foot addition, according to the governor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The venture is Adrian Steel\u2019s largest expansion since 1953, Whitmer\u2019s office claimed..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"The expansion will enhance Adrian Steel\u2019s manufacturing capabilities with additional space dedicated to raw material storage, cutting, forming, welding, painting, assembly, office functions and shipping operations,\" Whitmer\u2019s office said in <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">a press release.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whitmer\u2019s office said the state had attracted the expansion, in part, through state-level incentives and added that the state will bolster Adrian Steel\u2019s venture through a State Essential Services Assessment (SESA), a kind of tax break for manufacturers that could be worth up to $228,750.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>TRUMP SAYS HE'S LOOKING AT CERTAIN TARIFF EXEMPTIONS FOR AUTOMAKERS: 'THEY NEED A LITTLE BIT OF TIME'<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/timesofnews.b-cdn.net\/timesofnewscdn\/usa\/f0b08052_whitmer-covid-podcast.jpg\" alt=\"Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer speaking at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/> \n\n<p><span>Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, Calif., on April 27, 2025.<\/span> <span>(Amanda Edwards\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past, Whitmer has <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">criticized Trump's tariffs,<\/a> claiming that their overall effect has hindered industry development in Michigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"The pain of these increased costs from tariffs has not been offset by any of the promised economic gain,\" Whitmer <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">said in a press release<\/a> earlier this month. \"Michigan\u2019s industries have been hit hard, with a recent analysis finding that the tariffs cost U.S. automakers $35 billion last year.\u00a0Tariffs are estimated to have cost working families $1,000 per year.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under Trump\u2019s re-worked tariff framework <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">announced earlier this month<\/a>, products made almost entirely of aluminum, steel or copper would pay a flat 50% tariff on their full value, while derivatives made only mostly of one of those elements would only pay 25%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new parameters also create lower rates for foreign products sourced from American materials and drop the tariffs entirely for products comprised of less than 15% steel, aluminum or copper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>TRUMP SAYS THOSE AGAINST TARIFFS 'SERVING HOSTILE FOREIGN INTERESTS,' 'FULL BENEFIT' YET TO BE SEEN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/timesofnews.b-cdn.net\/timesofnewscdn\/usa\/08f58820_donald-trump-fist-in-air.jpeg\" alt=\"donald trump with his fist in the air\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/> \n\n<p><span>President Donald Trump makes a fist upon arrival at Miami International Airport in Miami, on April 11, 2026.<\/span> <span>(Jim Watson\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"This buildout \u2014 and the continued health of these vital American industries \u2014 is only possible through the continued implementation and strengthening of the President\u2019s <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Section 232 tariff<\/a> programs,\" the White House said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whitmer\u2019s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n\n --> <!--&gt; \n\n<p>Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. 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