President Donald Trump is holding a rally in Michigan on Tuesday to mark the first 100 days of his second term, staging his largest public event since returning to the White House in a state that has been especially rocked by his steep trade tariffs and combative attitude toward Canada.

Trump used his time on stage to luxuriate in the crowd's adoration, blame Joe Biden for various national problems, and insist that he, as president, is not getting the credit he deserves.

Voters returned Donald Trump to the White House in November believing he would be better for the economy than his opponent, Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.

US President Donald Trump has shared his first reaction to the GDP figures which were announced this morning, which indicates the US economy shrank 0.3% in first three months of this year. On Truth Social, Trump claims: "this is Biden’s Stock Market, not Trump’s".

The U.S. Senate was poised on Wednesday to vote on a resolution to block a host of President Donald Trump's tariffs, hours after the federal government reported that the nation's economy contracted for the first time in three years amid the chaos of the president's tariff policies.