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Trump’s EPA chief Lee Zeldin and transportation secretary Sean Duffy were visiting a Ford plant in Ohio this week.
Detroit News has more on the visit:
Three key cabinet officials are using visits to Michigan and Ohio to tout Trump administration policies they say are boosting the auto industry and U.S. manufacturing.
The officials are Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. Their agencies have tremendous influence over the main federal policy areas — environmental, safety and trade — that impact Michigan’s signature sector.
The trio stopped Friday at Ford Motor Co.’s Ohio Assembly Plant near Cleveland and were scheduled in the afternoon to visit Stellantis NV’s Toledo Assembly Complex before attending the Detroit Auto Show on Saturday…
The previous administration, Duffy said in December, “illegally twisted mileage standards to create an electric vehicle mandate — jacking up car prices for American families and forcing manufacturers to produce vehicles no one wanted.”
The Department of Transportation has estimated that the proposed rules would save families more than $900 off the average cost of a new vehicle and reduce roadway fatalities by helping Americans buy new, safer cars.
During the event, Lee Zeldin had to field a question from a somewhat slow reporter.
Zeldin had to break down why American auto workers benefit from lower auto prices, explaining that lower prices means more people will buy cars, meaning there’s more for the auto workers to do and more money is made.
This is basic economics, but that is somehow lost on this member of the press. Zeldin handled the question with a ton of patience, given the circumstances.
Watch:
While visiting a Ford Plant in Ohio just now with @SecDuffy @USTradeRep, a reporter asked how making American vehicles more affordable helps American auto workers. pic.twitter.com/JfhXRb6GND
— Lee Zeldin (@epaleezeldin) January 16, 2026
Donald Trump Jr. and others commented on this:
This reporter question is a top contender for one of the dumbest reporter questions ever. https://t.co/gJhWwRme4a
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) January 16, 2026
If this is not dumbest question yet in Trump 2.0 from establishment media, it’s a definite top 3 of dumbest questions yet this admin. Amazing patience from @epaleezeldin actually answering it, and @SecDuffy looks like he’s holding back bursting out laughing in background. https://t.co/TemaQn9Sse
— Matthew Boyle (@mboyle1) January 16, 2026
If members of the media are this clueless on economic issues, it kind of explains why they see Zohran Mamdani’s policies as a positive thing.
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