Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addressed the Detroit Auto Show, saying that tariffs should not be used “to punish our closest trading partners,” like Canada.

Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pushed for a reset with President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday as she warned of growing competition from Republican-led rivals threatening to “steal” her state’s bedrock auto industry.

The fates of the auto industry and the state of Michigan are linked, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said during a speech at the Detroit Auto Show Wednesday — and if Michiganders can cross partisan divides and continue the state’s tradition of invention,

"I calmly explained that I wasn’t obligated to share just because we're related, especially given how they’ve treated me in the past." Puerto Rico’s new Republican governor is drawing attention to Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro’s military threats against the U.