Gretchen Whitmer
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer checked out some new cars after a speech at the start of the Detroit Auto Show, where she says it's crucial for the Trump administration to extend the North American free trade deal with Canada and Mexico, undergoing a formal review in July.
She says it's impractical or impossible to have a car on the road with 100% U.S.
made parts and that tariffs alone don't work.
President Trump toured a Ford factory in Michigan Tuesday and says tariffs are helping the U.S.
Chris Foster, Fox News.
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You're just basically a polyurethane core.
You're just basically a polyurethane core.
So I'm named after both my grandmothers, Gretchen and Esther. And Grandma Gretchen always said, never let anyone call you Gretch. Your name is Gretchen. Gretch sounds like wretch. It's not pretty. So I've always had this aversion to being called Gretch. And I don't know many women that want big in front of their nickname.
So I'm named after both my grandmothers, Gretchen and Esther. And Grandma Gretchen always said, never let anyone call you Gretch. Your name is Gretchen. Gretch sounds like wretch. It's not pretty. So I've always had this aversion to being called Gretch. And I don't know many women that want big in front of their nickname.
So I'm named after both my grandmothers, Gretchen and Esther. And Grandma Gretchen always said, never let anyone call you Gretch. Your name is Gretchen. Gretch sounds like wretch. It's not pretty. So I've always had this aversion to being called Gretch. And I don't know many women that want big in front of their nickname.
So Big Gretch, when it first came to be during the pandemic, I was not sure what to make of it. And a woman who worked with me, Shaquilla Myers, who's from Detroit, said, you don't understand. This is a compliment. This is like the people of Detroit just gave you the key to the city. They love you. This is a nice thing. So now it's my favorite nickname, Big Gretch.
So Big Gretch, when it first came to be during the pandemic, I was not sure what to make of it. And a woman who worked with me, Shaquilla Myers, who's from Detroit, said, you don't understand. This is a compliment. This is like the people of Detroit just gave you the key to the city. They love you. This is a nice thing. So now it's my favorite nickname, Big Gretch.
So Big Gretch, when it first came to be during the pandemic, I was not sure what to make of it. And a woman who worked with me, Shaquilla Myers, who's from Detroit, said, you don't understand. This is a compliment. This is like the people of Detroit just gave you the key to the city. They love you. This is a nice thing. So now it's my favorite nickname, Big Gretch.
So he made it into a song. It started in the city of Detroit, but he made Big Gretch into a song, and that's really what blew it up.
So he made it into a song. It started in the city of Detroit, but he made Big Gretch into a song, and that's really what blew it up.
So he made it into a song. It started in the city of Detroit, but he made Big Gretch into a song, and that's really what blew it up.
Yes.
Yes.