DETROIT – President Donald Trump visited Detroit Tuesday, touring a Ford auto plant and speaking at a meeting of the Detroit Economic Club.
Trump addressed a crowd of Economic Club supporters, promoting his efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing. He toured Ford’s Rouge plant, where the popular F-150 truck is manufactured, before the speaking event began at 2 p.m.
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Protesters clash with police, Trump supporters in march in Detroit streets
A crowd of protesters gathered outside MotorCity Casino well before the president arrived, waving signs that criticized the Trump administration’s deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to cities like Minneapolis, where an ICE agent shot and killed motorist Renee Good on Jan. 7.
MLive photojournalists Jacob Hamilton and Jake May were there to cover the president’s visit, Trump’s supporters and protests in Downtown Detroit and outside the venue. Check out some of our best photos from the day below or click here to view the full gallery of Trump’s speech or here to see the scene outside.
You may also click here to view the full gallery of the protest.
Donald Trump speaks at a Detroit Economic Club meeting at MotorCity Casino in Detroit on Tuesday, Jan. 13 2026.Jacob Hamilton | MLive.com
An MLive photographer witnessed Detroit Police take the man pictured in blue gloves into custody in Detroit on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026 ahead of President Trump’s visit to the city.Jake May | MLive.comA few hundred people protested the visit of President Donald Trump outside of the MotorCity Casino on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2025 in downtown Detroit. Protesters took to the street as they marched throughout the city while Trump spoke. (Jake May | MLive.com)
Donald Trump speaks at a Detroit Economic Club meeting at MotorCity Casino in Detroit on Tuesday, Jan. 13 2026.Jacob Hamilton | MLive.com
Trump supporter Jayden Scott, 23 of Saginaw, shouts out at protesters from behind a wall of police — one of only three men to do so — as a few hundred people protest the visit of President Donald Trump outside of the MotorCity Casino on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2025 in downtown Detroit. Protesters took to the street as they marched throughout the city while Trump spoke.(Jake May | MLive.com)
Artvana Richardson, 42 of Detroit, popped open her front door to join the protest against President Donald Trump in her pajamas as hundreds marched past her residence on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2025 in downtown Detroit. Raising her fist in the air, she shouted in unity with protesters as they continued on. “We are on the brink of collapse,” she said. “This protest, this is important. We need change and we need it now.”(Jake May | MLive.com)Detroit Police stand united after arresting two protesters and forcing hundreds to move up the street under an upside down flag, which is a sign of the country in distress before President Donald Trump spoke at the MotorCity Casino on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2025 in downtown Detroit.(Jake May | MLive.com)
Lindsay Duke, 43 of Ann Arbor, waves a flag over the top of the freeway dressed up in red like a handmaid from the titular Margaret Atwood novel with tape across her mouth, admitting clashing with her father over Trump was part of the motivation for her participation. Duke joined hundreds protesting President Donald Trump on a march on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2025 through the streets of downtown Detroit. “This is unacceptable and against the constitution — all of the actions of ICE but more specifically what this administration is doing, especially against immigrants and natives with brown skin,” she said. “This is not who we are as a country. Mr. Rogers and PBS taught us better than this. We can all do better and that includes Donald Trump.”(Jake May | MLive.com)
State Rep. Donavan McKinney speaks out during a Detroit Will Breathe press conference urging ICE to leave Detroit on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2025 at the Spirit of Detroit statue in downtown Detroit.(Jake May | MLive.com)
Daniel Weber Alatorre, 19 of Detroit, revs up the crowd with moving words using a bull horn as hundreds protest the visit of President Donald Trump on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2025 in a march through the streets in downtown Detroit.(Jake May | MLive.com)
Donald Trump dances after speaking at a Detroit Economic Club meeting at MotorCity Casino in Detroit on Tuesday, Jan. 13 2026.Jacob Hamilton | MLive.com