Our live coverage has ended. You can see how Trump’s day in Wisconsin unfolded in the posts below.
President Trump just called the forthcoming Foxconn plant “the eighth wonder of the world.”
The campus, which formally broke ground today, will be approximately 3,000 acres.
“I think we can say, the eighth wonder of the world,” Trump said. “This is the eighth wonder of the world.”
President Donald Trump told the Foxconn audience that as soon as he’s done speaking, he’s going to “hop in that plane, go back to Washington and we’re going to pick ourselves one great United States Supreme Court justice” to replacing retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Trump called Kennedy a “great man,” saying, “I’m so honored that he decided to do this during our term, I think that showed confidence in us.”
Trump continued: “We had a fantastic choice with Justice (Neil) Gorsuch, very proud of it … and we’re going to try and do just as good so we’re going to start working on that process, we’ve already started, and hopefully we’re going to make you very proud.”
President Donald Trump had a message for Wisconsin’s Harley-Davidson, whose global headquarters is a mere 24 miles away from the Foxconn site.
“Harley-Davidson, please build those beautiful motorcycles in the United States,” he said.
He continued: “Build them in the USA, your customers won’t be happy if you don’t.”
President Trump mentioned his “Make America Great Again” slogan and iconic hats while speaking in Wisconsin.
In 2020, he said, maybe they’ll make the hats green — “representing cash.”
President Trump spoke about trade deals and tariffs extensively at the ground breaking of Foxconn in Wisconsin.
“We are demanding from foreign countries, friend and foe, fair and reciprocal trade,” Trump said.
Trump touted steel and aluminum tariffs, and noted the NAFTA renegotiation.
He said again that the US has lost “500 billion” each year from China.
“We’ve helped rebuild China,” Trump said. “Someday they’ll say thank you, but we don’t want to do that anymore. We want to have a fair and balanced situation.”
A trade deal with China, he said, “doesn’t have to be immediately” but “it does have to be fair.”
Speaking about trade barriers with the European Union, Trump said, “They don’t want our corn … if you don’t want our agricultural product, we don’t want your cars, it’s not such a complicated formula.”
He said the Europeans have come to negotiate: “Frankly, don’t tell them I said it, but they already have – don’t ever tell them I said it.”
Speaking at a ceremony to mark Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn’s groundbreaking in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, President Trump declared the United States to be “open for business.”
“As Foxconn has discovered, there’s no better place to build higher than here in the United States,” Trump said. “America is open for business more than it has ever been open for business.”
He added that the US was cutting regulations, though noted, “We’ll have regulation, but it’s sensible regulation.” He added, “You can get things approved quickly or disapproved. Sometimes it’s going to be disapproved.”
“We’re going to do all of the things you have to do but we’re going to speed up the process.”
President Trump is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this morning to meet with supporters before the Foxconn groundbreaking event. But he’ll also be greeted by protesters with the immigrant rights group Voces de la Frontera.
On Twitter, the group says the demonstrators are marching to “demand the abolition of ICE & the Border Patrol” as well as “to resist [President Trump and Gov. Scott Walker’s] plan to put tens of thousands of immigrant families in internment camps.”
CNN’s Ryan Young, who’s at the rally, spoke with a protester who told him that Trump “needs to pay attention to what families and the people across this nation are saying.
When asked why she’s protesting, she got emotional and said, “I would want people to fight for my family. It is that simple.”
Watch the moment:
President Trump will attend a groundbreaking ceremony for Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn’s new plant in Wisconsin.
Foxconn received a controversial $4 billion package of tax breaks and other incentives to build there. The package is one of the richest ever offered to a business to locate a plant.
Here’s more from when Trump announced the plant last year:
President Trump held a rally Wednesday night in Fargo, North Dakota, after a triumphant week.
During his speech, Trump took aim at Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters, praised Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy for retiring under his watch and said he’s “more exciting” than the NFL.
The rally came as Trump takes a victory lap. In addition to the announcement of Kennedy’s retirement, two candidates he had endorsed, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and Rep. Dan Donovan, of New York, prevailed in primaries Tuesday.
If you missed it, here are Trump’s key quotes:
Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp released a statement Wednesday night after President Trump criticized her at his rally in Fargo, North Dakota.
Trump said she is “a liberal Democrat” who has stood against his agenda.
Heitkamp of North Dakota said she’s willing to work with Trump if he’s helping her state.
Here’s her full statement:
President Trump, discussing the New York Democratic Senate race, mocked Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley, saying he “got his ass kicked.”
Trump, speaking about the winner in the race, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, said Crowley was beat by “a young woman who had a lot of energy.”
Trump said he was “disappointed in a way” when Crowley got replaced because he would have replaced House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
President Trump mocked Hillary Clinton while speaking at a rally in Fargo, North Dakota, prompting cheers of “lock her up” from the crowd.
Trump then lamented on the Russia investigation, adding, “isn’t it incredible when you talk about a double standard.”
Trump claimed that no one even looks at Clinton, but added, “unless we’re gonna be surprised some day.”
President Trump discussing ICE and immigration said the agency is “being liberated” under his presidency.
Trump added, while speaking at a rally in Fargo, that communities would be overrun if ICE was removed.
The President also admonished “radical democrat protestors,” who have released the identities and addresses of ICE agents.
Trump also spoke about MS-13, in line with previous comments, saying, “The Democrats complain we’re treating them too rough. We’re getting them out, as I said, by the thousands.”
Trump added that he will “protect our law enforcement, like they protect us.”
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp has long been President Trump’s favorite Democrat, often showering her with kind words and twice asking her to join the Republican Party. Those niceties ended tonight here in Fargo as he assailed her for being “a liberal Democrat” who has stood against his agenda.
(He did not mention that she was one of three Democrats who broke ranks and voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. He also didn’t mention that she said today the Senate should not wait until after the midterm elections to fill the latest Supreme Court vacancy.)
The President made clear that the Supreme Court retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy is now a pivotal issue in the fall campaign.
“Justice Kennedy’s retirement makes the issue of Senate control one of the most important issues of our time,” Trump said. “We have to hold the House and maybe even increase it and I think we’ll be able to do it.”
For several minutes, the President ticked through a litany of bills Heitkamp has opposed — from the Republican tax cut plan to immigration measures.
“You need a senator who doesn’t just talk like they’re from North Dakota, but votes like they’re from North Dakota,” Trump said.
He invited her Republican rival to stage, saying: “We need Kevin Cramer to replace liberal Democrat Heidi Heitkamp.”
President Trump praised Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy for his years of service on the bench.
“And I’m very honored that he chose to do it during my term in office, because he felt confident in me to make the right choice and carry on his great legacy,” Trump said.
Trump said he looking for a candidate with intellect because he or she will be there for “40 or 45 years.”
“The travel ban ruling underscores just how critical it is to confirm judges who will support our constitution,” he said.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Trump’s travel ban, which restricts entry from seven countries to varying degrees: Iran, North Korea, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Venezuela.
President Trump took credit for the decline in viewers of NFL games tonight at a rally in Fargo, saying some of his supporters are watching him – not football. He called himself “more exciting” and “a hell of a lot more dangerous.”
Here’s the full quote:
President Trump speaking at a rally in North Dakota, said that the “new leader” of the Democratic Party was Maxine Waters, adding that she’s “taking over.”
Trump began the remarks focused on hitting Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp. Trump is campaigning for Kevin Kramer who is running against Heitkamp, who the president has a good relationship with.
“She promised to be an independent vote for the people of North Dakota. Instead she went to Washington and immediately joined Chuck… and Nancy and now they have a new leader. Who’s the new leader? Maxine Waters is. Maxine Waters. I think she’s taking over. … Heidi voted no on the Obamacare repeal and by the way it was done.”
Trump has taken the stage in North Dakota where he immediately remarked on crowd sizes.
Trump said that he could have gone to a much larger, 24,000 person stadium but didn’t because the media would see empty chairs and say ‘he didn’t fill up the arena.”
Trump added he he “should’ve taken” the larger stadium. Every seat in the house is packed a part from seats behind risers.
President Trump has taken the stage in Fargo to the now familiar “God Bless the U.S.A.” by Lee Greenwood. The crowd greeting him back with chants of, “U.S.A!”
