NOVI — Donald Trump bashed unprecedented criminal charges against him as an attempt to keep him from the White House and predicted Joe Biden’s push for electric vehicles will mean “decimation” for Michigan jobs.
The former president, who is again seeking the GOP nomination, used an hour-long speech at an Oakland County Republican Party dinner to predict an auto industry doomsday, returning to a theme that helped him woo blue-collar workers in his winning 2016 campaign.
Trump railed on Biden, the Democratic president, for moving to toughen fuel economy standards for new vehicle sales and lambasted what he called a "ridiculous crusade to force everyone into electric cars."
“Biden is a catastrophe for Michigan, and his environmental extremism is heartless and disloyal and horrible for the American worker," Trump said, predicting the shift toward electric vehicles will ultimately kill blue-collar jobs.
Michigan automakers are already in the process of electrifying their fleets. With the help of state incentives, Ford plans to build a $3.5 billion battery factory in Marshall and General Motors is retooling an Orion Township factory to build full-size electric pickup trucks, a $4 billion project.
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