{"id":222829,"date":"2026-06-19T02:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T02:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/222829\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T02:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T02:18:13","slug":"trump-highlighting-what-hes-done-for-american-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/222829\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump highlighting what he’s done for American workers"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump<\/a> will mark his first domestic trip on Tuesday since the G7 summit of world leaders with a visit to the iconic Mack truck facility in Lehigh Valley, a White House official exclusively told the Washington Examiner on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump will travel to Macungie, Pennsylvania on Tuesday to stand with the American workers he has fought for since Day One. Under the President\u2019s leadership, key domestic industries are being revitalized, historic investments are pouring back into communities like Macungie, and families across the country are securing new, high-paying jobs. Pennsylvanians placed their trust in President Trump, and he has delivered for them,\u201d the White House official said.<\/p>\n

In March of 2017, Trump famously climbed into the cab of a Mack truck parked on the lawn of the White House and pretended to drive it ahead of a meeting with trucking CEOs to discuss his healthcare bill proposals.<\/p>\n

His visit to Pennsylvania<\/a> \u2014 one of the most important states not just in presidential politics but also in the upcoming midterm elections<\/a> \u2014makes sense. It\u2019s also where four Democratic challengers in Pennsylvania\u2019s 1st, 8th, and 10th Congressional Districts, as well as the 7th Congressional District in the Lehigh Valley, have been targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to take the Democratic Party into the majority.\u00a0<\/p>\n

SALENA ZITO \u2014 PROMISES KEPT: HOWARD LUTNICK ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF A DEAL THAT SAVED US STEEL<\/a><\/p>\n

Trump narrowly lost Lehigh County in 2024, but he convincingly won the state that year over Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n

In the fall of 2025, Trump named-dropped Mack trucks in a Truth Social post about the trucking industry and tariffs. \u201cIn order to protect our Great Heavy Truck Manufacturers from unfair outside competition, I will be imposing, as of October 1st, 2025, a 25% Tariff on all \u2018Heavy (Big!) Trucks\u2019 made in other parts of the World,\u201d adding, \u201cTherefore, our Great Large Truck Company Manufacturers, such as Peterbilt, Kenworth, Freightliner, Mack Trucks, and others, will be protected from the onslaught of outside interruptions. We need our Truckers to be financially healthy and strong, for many reasons, but above all else, for National Security purposes!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump will mark his first domestic trip on Tuesday since the G7 summit of world leaders…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[25041,82043,34,83349,2594,28,30,29,13470],"class_list":["post-222829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-2026-elections","tag-dccc","tag-donald-trump","tag-exclusive","tag-jobs","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-salena-zito"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}