{"id":5595,"date":"2026-06-23T09:49:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T09:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/president-donald-trump-endorses-john-james\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T09:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T09:49:07","slug":"president-donald-trump-endorses-john-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/president-donald-trump-endorses-john-james\/","title":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump endorses John James"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump endorsed U.S. Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjamesmi.com\/\">John James<\/a>, R-Mich., for Michigan governor in a Truth Social <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116795357855328809\">post<\/a> Monday afternoon, praising him as a fighter for Michigan\u2019s working families. Following Trump\u2019s endorsement, state Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/nesbittforgovernor.com\/\">Aric Nesbitt<\/a>, R-Van Buren, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aricnesbitt\/status\/2069171529154232591?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2069171529154232591%7Ctwgr%5Efb5ef15b9633912049014f03191e061b509b43f3%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmichiganadvance.com%2F2026%2F06%2F22%2Faric-nesbitt-suspends-campaign-for-michigan-governor-following-trumps-nod-for-john-james%2F\">announced<\/a> he is suspending his gubernatorial bid and endorsing James\u2019 campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">James faces businessman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.perryjohnson.com\/?utm_source=ggl&amp;utm_medium=src&amp;utm_campaign=av101147&amp;gad_source=1\">Perry Johnson<\/a> and former Michigan Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecox2026.com\/\">Mike Cox<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Michigan_elections,_2026\">Aug. 4 primary<\/a> for the Republican nomination ahead of the Nov. 3 election. Democratic candidates include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jocelynbenson.com\/\">Jocelyn Benson<\/a>, Michigan Secretary of State, and Genesee County Sheriff <a href=\"https:\/\/swansonformichigan.com\/\">Chris Swanson<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the post announcing his endorsement, Trump wrote he believes James will prioritize manufacturing and deregulation to build a strong economy for Michigan\u2019s workers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs your next Governor, John will fight tirelessly to Grow the Economy, Cut Taxes and Regulations, Promote MADE IN THE U.S.A., Unleash American Energy DOMINANCE, Keep our Border SECURE, Strengthen our Brave Military\/Veterans, Safeguard our Elections, Defend our always under siege Second Amendment, and Advocate for the Working Men and Women of Michigan,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JohnJamesMI\/status\/2069145001242538129\">post<\/a> to X, James thanked Trump for his endorsement and criticized Democratic leadership in Michigan regarding cost and education, among other issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMichigan families deserve better than what Jocelyn Benson and Gretchen Whitmer have delivered,\u201d James wrote. \u201cTheir radical agenda has driven up costs, put violent criminals back on our streets, allowed non-citizens to vote, forced our daughters to compete against biological males, and left our children ranked 44th in the nation in reading while pushing gender ideology instead of math, science, and literacy. That ends now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nesbitt wrote in his campaign suspension announcement that he believes James is the best candidate to take on democratic leadership, and urged his supporters to consolidate behind him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe is the best candidate to defeat the Whitmer-Benson agenda of higher taxes, higher prices, woke policies, and incompetent leadership,\u201d Nesbitt wrote. \u201cA divided primary only helps Democrats. It\u2019s time to unite. I\u2019m asking every one of you who supported this campaign to stand with me behind John James, roll up our sleeves, and deliver a Republican victory in November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Summer News Editor Zahra Kagal can be reached at <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/news\/news-briefs\/president-donald-trump-endorses-john-james-in-gubernatorial-race-nesbitt-suspends-campaign\/mailto:zkagal@umich.edu\"><em>zkagal@umich.edu<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-2    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related articles<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump endorsed U.S. Rep. John James, R-Mich., for Michigan governor in a Truth Social post Monday afternoon, praising him as a fighter for Michigan\u2019s working families. Following Trump\u2019s endorsement, state Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Van Buren, announced he is suspending his gubernatorial bid and endorsing James\u2019 campaign. James faces businessman Perry Johnson [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[4985,4771,1693,760,1796,645],"class_list":["post-5595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-donald","tag-endorses","tag-james","tag-john","tag-president","tag-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5597,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5595\/revisions\/5597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}