{"id":46877,"date":"2026-08-15T15:43:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T10:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46877"},"modified":"2026-08-15T15:43:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T10:43:32","slug":"michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-credits-trump-for-delivering-project-that-biden-couldnt-get-over-finish-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46877","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer credits Trump for delivering project that Biden couldn&#8217;t get over finish line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F08%2Fnewspress-collage-47yhawwf6-1786772154170.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261786757812\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Democratic Michigan Gov.\u00a0Gretchen Whitmer\u00a0said Thursday President Donald Trump has helped her deliver for the state, pointing to a specific fighter jet mission she tried to secure during the Biden administration but couldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Whitmer spoke to Newsom on his podcast,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XL2OlAsKDpw?si=zSGQqDVrZQfoGvW1&amp;t=538\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cThis is Gavin Newsom,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and said she needed to figure out how to conduct herself after the 2024 presidential election because her state had voted for Trump again.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom noted Whitmer had visited the\u00a0White House, and the pair both agreed a working relationship with the president was \u201cpart of the job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve gotten some really good stuff done. Honestly,\u201d she told Newsom. \u201cI got a fighter mission at Selfridge Air\u00a0National Guard Base, and I tried to get that done under the Biden administration, couldn\u2019t get over the finish line, but I got it done with him. So, that\u2019s a huge deal to Michigan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former President\u00a0Joe Biden\u2019s\u00a0office didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer shakes hands with President Donald Trump during an event at Selfridge Air National Guard Base on April 29, 2025. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks during an appearance on California Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s podcast on Aug. 13, 2026. <span class=\"credit\">This is Gavin Newsom<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Whitmer appeared to be\u00a0referring to Mission Next,\u00a0which will replace the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/19\/world-news\/us-deploys-a-10-warthogs-apache-helicopters-to-secure-strait-of-hormuz\/\">retiring A-10 Warthog aircraft<\/a> based at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michigan with 21 brand-new F-15EX Eagle II fighter jets.<\/p>\n<p>The mission is part of a modernization plan for the National Guard Base,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/minationalguard.dodlive.mil\/News\/Article\/4358493\/mission-next-takes-shape-at-selfridge-air-national-guard-base\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to the<\/a>\u00a0National Guard\u2019s website, which includes construction and infrastructure upgrades that will create jobs and new training opportunities.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks alongside President Donald Trump during a visit at Selfridge Air National Guard Base on April 29, 2025. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump shared details of the new fighter jet mission in April 2025 during a speech to National Guard members at the Michigan base for an event commemorating his 100th day in office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFresh off the line. That means they are brand new,\u201d Trump said at the time. \u201cThey\u2019ve never been anywhere. This is where they\u2019re going to be for a long time. And I saw one of them, flew over my head, and I said, \u2018What the hell is that?\u2019 That plane has serious power. So, this is the best there is anywhere in the world, the F-15EX Eagle II. This will keep Selfridge at the cutting edge of Northern American air power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Joe Biden\u2019s weak policies neglected our military, President Trump saved Selfridge Air National Guard Base, a crucial pillar of North American air defense; rebuilt our military; and restored readiness and lethality to our US Armed Forces,\u201d White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales told Fox News Digital Friday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Democrats Can Learn From Michigan | Gretchen Whitmer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XL2OlAsKDpw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWith President Trump as commander in chief, the United States Military will continue to lead the world in power, prestige, and might,\u201d Wales continued. \u201cPresident Trump proudly won the state of\u00a0Michigan\u00a0in 2024, and will continue to deliver on his promises for all Michiganders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whitmer said during the podcast conversation with Newsom that she knew how to work with people who weren\u2019t her best friends, even if she didn\u2019t like it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Michigan governor\u00a0went viral in April 2025 for <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/13\/us-news\/michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-hid-face-behind-binders-during-trump-oval-office-press-conference\/\">attempting to hide her face while photos<\/a> were being taken during an Oval Office meeting with the president.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sits in during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on April 9, 2025. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Whitmer said during the podcast conversation with Newsom that she knew how to work with people who weren\u2019t her best friends, even if she didn\u2019t like it.\u00a0 <span class=\"credit\">This is Gavin Newsom<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She explained the moment\u00a0days later and said she just didn\u2019t want her picture taken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want my picture taken, that\u2019s all it was. I kind of wished I hadn\u2019t put my folder up in front of my face, but whatever. You know I was there \u2026 I just wrote a book about learning to laugh at yourself, so I\u2019m pretty good at it. We all have our moments,\u201d Whitmer said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump notably praised Whitmer at the time, calling her a\u00a0\u201cvery good person,\u201d\u00a0even though the pair have traded barbs in the past.<\/p>\n<p>However, the\u00a0White House called out\u00a0the Democratic governor in April after a local steel manufacturing company announced it would soon pour $43.4 million into expanding its\u00a0Michigan-based operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats like Gretchen Whitmer spent decades talking about fixing broken trade deals and creating manufacturing jobs here in America for American workers,\u201d Kush Desai, a White House spokesperson, told Fox News Digital earlier this year about the Michigan governor, who is often floated as a potential Democratic candidate for president in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump is actually delivering, and he\u2019s delivering with the same agenda of tariffs, deregulation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Michigan Gov.\u00a0Gretchen Whitmer\u00a0said Thursday President Donald Trump has helped her deliver for the state, pointing to a specific fighter jet mission she tried to secure during the Biden administration but couldn\u2019t. Whitmer spoke to Newsom on his podcast,\u00a0\u201cThis is Gavin Newsom,\u201d\u00a0and said she needed to figure out how to conduct herself after the 2024&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/newspress-collage-47yhawwf6-1786772154170.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&1786757812&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pics-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}