Trump's Ford visit set despite order prohibiting nonessential tours

Trump at Dana — President Trump last visited an automotive plant in January when he spoke at Dana Inc.'s facility in Warren, Mich. (Larry Peplin for Crain's Detroit Business )

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May 19, 2020 04:49 PM

DETROIT -- When Ford Motor Co. hosts President Donald Trump on Thursday for a tour of its Rawsonville components operation near Detroit, the automaker will be doing so in technical violation of an executive order from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer prohibiting "nonessential" plant tours. But her office signaled it would not stand in the way of the visit.

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