US Vice President JD Vance defended the Trump administration’s economic agenda in Michigan, linking job growth to trade policies and calling the recent fuel price rise amid Middle East tensions a “temporary blip.”

Washington, March 19: US Vice President J.D. Vance used a speech in the industrial state of Michigan to defend President Donald Trump’s economic agenda, arguing that tax cuts, deregulation, and a tougher trade posture were helping revive manufacturing, while also acknowledging short-term pressure from higher fuel prices linked to tensions in the Middle East.

Focus on rebuilding domestic industry

Addressing workers at Engineering Design Services Incorporated in Auburn Hills, Michigan, Vance framed the administration’s approach as an effort to rebuild domestic industry after years of factory closures and job losses.

“We were sick of shipping American jobs overseas. We were sick of shipping American industry overseas. We are going to build right here in Michigan, right here at home, right here in the United States of America, and that’s what we’ve done,” he said.