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In Michigan, Donald Trump Takes Aim at Ford Motor Co.

The audience inside the Birch Run Expo Center gave the billionaire a standing ovation.

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August 12, 2015, 4:21 AM UTC

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump came to the home state of the auto industry and attacked Ford Motor Co. for building factories in Mexico. And the Michigan faithful in attendance sided with the bombastic mogul.

“Ford is building a $2.5 billion plant in Mexico,” he roared to a packed auditorium in Birch Run, Michigan, and 2,000 voices responded with lusty boos. “I’ll actually give them a good idea. Why don’t we just let the illegals drive the cars and trucks right into our country?”