{"id":2428942,"date":"2025-04-29T18:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T22:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whitmer-joins-trump-in-michigan-to-save-selfridge-military-base\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T18:19:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T22:19:47","slug":"whitmer-joins-trump-in-michigan-to-save-selfridge-military-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whitmer-joins-trump-in-michigan-to-save-selfridge-military-base\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitmer joins Trump in Michigan to save Selfridge military base"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhitmer-joins-trump-in-michigan-to-save-selfridge-military-base%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2428942&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In Harrison Township, Michigan, President Donald Trump and Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democratic potential candidate for the 2028 presidential election, collaborated to commend the triumphant effort to save the Selfridge Air National Guard Base.during an event at the base, Trump praised Whitmer for her bipartisan work and support, stating that despite political differences, she deserved recognition for her contributions.Initially hesitant to speak, Whitmer later expressed her gratitude for Trump&#8217;s support in recapitalizing the base, emphasizing its importance to Michigan&#8217;s economy and national security. The event marked a rare moment of cooperation between the two leaders amidst political tensions, and Whitmer highlighted the addition of a new fighter squadron, which is anticipated to benefit both the local economy and military operations significantly.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Whitmer joins Trump in Michigan to save Selfridge military base<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2031851\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Michigan<\/strong> <strong>&mdash;<\/strong>&nbsp;President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> put his politics aside to praise Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gretchen-whitmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gretchen Whitmer<\/a> (D-MI), a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dnc-buzz-walz-wednesday-sit-in-and-gender-neutral-prayer-room-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"DNC Buzz: Walz Wednesday, sit-in, and gender neutral prayer room - Washington Examiner\">potential 2028 presidential candidate<\/a>, for helping him save <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Michigan<\/a>&lsquo;s Selfridge Air National Guard Base.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know, I&rsquo;m not supposed to do it. She&rsquo;s a Democrat. They said, &lsquo;Don&rsquo;t have her here.&rsquo; I said, &lsquo;No, she&rsquo;s going to be here,&#8217;&rdquo; Trump said Tuesday during an event on the base in Harrison Township. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s done a very good job, frankly, and she was very much involved with the Republicans. They worked together on saving it, and it was not easy. So I want to thank you very much, Gretchen. Good job.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3394897\/watch-live-trump-michigan-rally-100th-day\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump holds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-obstruct-plan-to-increase-funding-to-vaccinate-teachers\/\" title=\"Democrats Obstruct Plan To Increase Funding To Vaccinate Teachers\">100th day<\/a> rally in Michigan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\">List: The executive orders, actions, and proclamations Trump has made as president<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3395413\/trump-trolling-2028-run-leavitt\/\">Trump just &#8216;trolling&#8217; about 2028 run &mdash; dead serious about acquiring Canada and Greenland<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Whitmer initially declined Trump&rsquo;s request to speak but later thanked the president for his support in recapitalizing the base on the 100th day of his second administration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, I hadn&rsquo;t planned to speak, but I&rsquo;m on behalf of all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/confirmed-democrats-contempt-for-the-military-reached-new-heights-in-2020-election-they-showed-it-by-stealing-military-votes-in-multiple-swing-states\/\" title=\"Confirmed: Democrats\u2019 Contempt for the Military Reached New Heights in 2020 Election \u2013 They Showed It by STEALING Military Votes In Multiple Swing States\">military men<\/a> and women who serve our country and serve so honorably on behalf of the State of Michigan, I am really damn happy we&rsquo;re here to celebrate this recapitalization at Selfridge,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s crucial for the Michigan economy, it&rsquo;s crucial for the men and women here, for our homeland security, and our future. So thank you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump listens as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) speaks to members of the Michigan National Guard at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Harrison Township, Michigan. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Whitmer greeted Trump upon his arrival at the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">base amid windy conditions<\/a>, with the president having to hold on to his red &ldquo;Gulf of America&rdquo; baseball cap. The governor then shook Trump&rsquo;s hand again in a nearby plane hangar before the pair addressed a group of roughly 250 guardsmen.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After years of hard work, we&rsquo;ve secured a new fighter squadron to protect operations at Selfridge Air National Guard Base for decades to come,&rdquo; Whitmer posted on social media. &ldquo;That means jobs, a stronger economy, and a bright, lasting, and secure future for Selfridge and the entire state of Michigan.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: After years of hard work, we&rsquo;ve secured a new fighter squadron to protect operations at Selfridge Air National Guard Base for decades to come. That means jobs, a stronger economy, and a bright, lasting, and secure future for Selfridge and the entire state of Michigan. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H8YuL6b2sh\">pic.twitter.com\/H8YuL6b2sh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Governor Gretchen Whitmer (@GovWhitmer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovWhitmer\/status\/1917316992312242652?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;re not just fighting for a fighter mission. We&#8217;re fighting for everything Selfridge means to Michigan&#8217;s economy, our national security, and the families who&#8217;ve called it home for more than 100 years.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to Selfridge, I don&#8217;t back down. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/woItvVMJlx\">pic.twitter.com\/woItvVMJlx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Governor Gretchen Whitmer (@GovWhitmer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovWhitmer\/status\/1917307317722223062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Whitmer&rsquo;s appearance alongside Trump came weeks after a photo of her attempting to shield herself from photographers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House<\/a>&lsquo;s Oval Office went viral. The governor was in Washington, D.C., seeking recovery aid for Michigan after an ice storm, but could not depart before the president started an executive order signing ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I got stuck in this press conference, and I disagreed with all the actions that were taken, all the rhetoric that was stated, but I had to stay to ask for help for Michigan,&rdquo; she told the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> last weekend.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gretchen Whitmer temporarily shielded herself from the cameras when she was in Trump&rsquo;s Oval Office, per this photo from NYT&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/erjlee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@erjlee<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TFDPPnci7Q\">https:\/\/t.co\/TFDPPnci7Q<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hnLnvuQvlX\">pic.twitter.com\/hnLnvuQvlX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; bryan metzger (@metzgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/metzgov\/status\/1911078950865903648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Whitmer also told the Detroit Economic Club that she regretted putting a folder in front of her face since it encouraged the photo to go viral.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220326\/five-democrats-prime-position-face-party-2028\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>THE DEMOCRATS IN PRIME POSITION TO BE FACE OF THE PARTY IN 2028<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of an open 2028 Democratic primary race, Whitmer is adopting a bipartisan approach to Trump that can be compared to the more adversarial approach of Gov. JB&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jb-pritzker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pritzker<\/a>&nbsp;(D-IL), who last weekend told the New Hampshire Democratic Party&rsquo;s McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner that &ldquo;Republicans cannot know a moment of peace.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They have to understand that we will fight their cruelty with every megaphone and microphone that we have,&rdquo; Pritzker said. &ldquo;We must castigate them on the soapbox and then punish them at the ballot box.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2031851\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2031851\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whitmer teams up with Trump in Michigan to preserve Selfridge base<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2428943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/whitmer-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2428942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/whitmer-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2428942"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2428946,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428942\/revisions\/2428946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2428943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2428942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2428942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2428942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}