Ways Trump Hurt Michiganders in His First 100 Days

In just his first 100 days back in office, President Donald Trump has unleashed a wave of chaos and cruelty that will leave long lasting marks on Michiganders — and the rest of the country. This list provides at least a glimpse of the real-world impacts of Trump’s policies, showing how working families, students, and our most vulnerable neighbors are being hit hardest. From slashing public school funding and spreading hatred about communities to attacking access to health care and the food on people’s tables, this administration’s actions feel less like governance and more like punishment. 

Health Care

1. Four Michigan Planned Parenthood clinics are closing due to the Trump administration withholding funds — and three of them serve rural communities. 
2. Trump cancels $380 million in health care grants to the state of Michigan. 
3. Trump ends expanded access to health care for uninsured DACA recipients.
4. Medicaid expansion is on the chopping block as Trump and GOP members at every level of government target the program they have long opposed.
5. More Americans are dying from the flu as the Trump administration postpones planning for next fall.
6. U.S. Sen. Slotkin and Rep. McDonald Rivet warned Trump’s $6 trillion budget cuts would slash Medicaid and Social Security and impact people’s ability to access these vital programs.
7. The Trump administration’s sudden CDC trainee firings disrupted key public health efforts, though some were later reversed after backlash.
8. The FDA labs that test food to prevent illness have been affected by wider health and human services staff cuts.
9. The FDA suspends its proficiency testing program for grade ‘A’ raw milk and finished products.
10. FDA is drawing up plans that would end most of its routine food safety inspections.

Education

11. The Trump administration pulled nearly $42 million in federal funding from Michigan schools.
12. The National Head Start Association said the Chicago office overseeing programs in six states, including Michigan, shut down without notice. 
13. MSU cancelled a Chinese New Year event due to fears over Trump’s anti-DEI executive order. 
14. The Comstock Public Schools Board of Trustees has rescinded a policy protecting transgender students.
15. The Trump administration canceled a grant to Western Michigan University related to climate change.
16. The University of Michigan Alumni Association is ending a scholarship program aimed at boosting enrollment of minority students.
17. Muskegon Community College has suspended its programming related to diversity, equity, and inclusion due to the Trump administration’s threat to withhold federal funding from schools that don’t end DEI initiatives.
18. Deconstructing federal support and funding for education has been among the major talking points for Trump.
19. Michigan officials warned that federal education cuts could disrupt the 2025 state budget, despite projected revenue growth and a School Aid Fund surplus.
20. The Detroit Public Schools Community District is directly impacted by federal staffing cuts and the hundreds of unresolved civil rights cases, in turn worsening outcomes for students.

Immigration 

21. Numerous University of Michigan students have had their student visas revoked.  
22. A U.S. citizen was mistakenly detained by ICE outside of a Michigan courthouse. 
23. A Michigan immigrant father was arrested by ICE outside a school after dropping off their child.
24. Two international students at Grand Valley State University had their visas revoked.
25. Nessel joins Dem AGs in challenging Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship.
26. Four students at Western Michigan University had their legal residency terminated.
27. The Trump administration essentially ended the funding for legal aid that helped migrant children.
28. Immigration attorneys condemned the Trump administration for cutting legal aid funding amid mass deportation raids and a growing immigration court backlog.
29. Immigration enforcement has become a full government initiative, as more agencies join street level enforcement.
30. The Trump administration slammed after Dearborn attorney Amir Makled was detained at the Detroit Metro Airport.
31. Following the lead of national Republicans and the Trump Administration, Michigan House Republicans vow to not fund ‘sanctuary jurisdictions.’
32. Lawyers and advocates fear the government’s rushed removals may have ‘disappeared’ others
33. Protesters in Grand Rapids demand an end to mass immigration detention during a rally outside the ICE Field Office downtown.
34. Michigan schools and families grapple with new Trump immigration policies.
35. Michigan Immigrant Rights Center is forced to layoff half of its staff due to federal funding freeze.

LGBTQ+

36. Fearing Trump LGBTQ+ policies, Saginaw City Councilman Bill Ostash says he may flee to Mexico.
37. Grand Valley State University returns to archaic 2020 Trump-era Title IX regulations, erasing progress made by the Biden administration in expanding Title IX protections for LGBTQ Americans. 
38. As part of a broader anti-LGBTQ+ agenda Trump signs an executive order to ban transgender athletes from women’s sports.
39. The Trump administration seeks to remove transgender service members from our volunteer military ranks.
40. Trump issued an executive order banning federal support for transgender healthcare for minors, drawing backlash from LGBTQ+ advocates.
41. The U.S. State Department suspends passport updates with “X” gender markers due an executive order signed by Trump

Federal Funds Freeze & Cuts

42. Michigan food banks were hit by Trump’s funding freeze, which will make it more difficult for families in need to access affordable groceries. 
43. Trump’s EPA ‘accidentally’ cancels $40 million for Michigan environmental projects
44. An endangered bird, the piping plover, is at risk in Michigan because of Trump cuts. 
45. Trump funding cuts leave Ann Arbor-area addiction treatment agencies devastated.
46. Trump officials axe millions of dollars for Michigan soup kitchen upgrades ‘without warning’
47. The Trump administration froze and seeks to torpedo spending geared toward fighting the climate crisis and supporting clean energy.
48. Five grants, totaling more than $2.6 million, from the National Institute of Health are on the chopping block.
49. Michigan libraries and museums feel the impacts of an administration that seeks to erase historical accuracy.
50. A hold on Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster relief and recovery reimbursements has the potential to disrupt services and paychecks.
51. Federal budget cuts targeting humanities grants mark the latest hit to Michigan arts, history, and cultural programs.

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

52. Michigan forest workers saw their positions eliminated due to Trump’s assault on the federal workforce. 
53. Great Lakes scientists in Michigan got fired from their jobs as part of the Trump administration’s purge of federal workers.
54. DOGE closes more than a half dozen federal offices in Michigan, including the Michigan Head Start office.
55. The Trump administration is closing the state’s Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) office in Sault Ste. Marie.
56. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will be difficult to maintain without adequate staff or supplies because of federal cuts.

Economy

57. Tourism is down in Detroit because Canadians are refusing to come downtown for sporting events.
58. Trump shares a message to millions struggling to pay for groceries: “Shut up about egg prices.”
59. Michigan farmers are worried because of Trump’s tariffs, and Senator Slotkin warns of a “dramatic” impact if a trade war commences.
60. Ready to renovate your kitchen or install a new deck? You’ll be paying more to do so.
61. The auto sector is awaiting how rules might change on 25 percent tariffs levied on imported parts.
62. Michigan will not escape fallout from Trump’s 10 percent universal tariffs and 145 percent tariffs on Chinese imports.

Additional Harms by the Trump Administration

63. Trump signs an order designating English as the official language of the U.S., which would allow government agencies on a case by case basis to determine if they will offer paper work or services in a person’s native language.
64. Trump signs an executive order ending collective bargaining for wide swaths of federal employees.
65. Trump uses executive orders to expand the xenophobic Muslim ban of his first term.
66. It feels like deja vu as Trump withdraws America from the Paris climate agreement – for the second time.
67. State Rep. Laurie Pohutsky said she chose voluntary sterilization over risking her reproductive rights under Trump, unsure if she’d have access to contraceptives. 
68. Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, RFK Jr., slashed science funding across Michigan.
69. Federal cuts are causing grave concerns for rural homeless shelters.
70. HUD cuts under Trump threaten a West Michigan fair housing program.