'It's Never Come Back': Trump Puts Down Detroit Again

DETROIT — Former President Donald Trump bashed Detroit again Tuesday while speaking at the Economic Club of Chicago.

"I've been talking about for the last year, about Detroit and how horribly it has been," Trump said. "It's just horrible because we've been talking about Detroit's coming back for 40 years, and it's never come back."

He also called the U.S. a "developing nation" and used Detroit as an example of that while discussing tariffs at the club.

"Not one president charged China anything. They said, 'Oh they’re a third-world nation, they're a developing world.' We're a developing nation, too. Take a look at Detroit, take a look at our cities," Trump said.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer responded with a statement that started with, "Detroit represents everything that Donald Trump isn't."

"We're tough. We have each other's backs. We will keep growing our city and making it a great place to live, work, and invest," Whitmer said. "A failed businessman who's repeatedly sold out American workers and only looks out for his billionaire buddies will never understand what this great city is all about. He's not like us. Detroit vs. Everybody."

Trump's comments come less than a week after he criticized Detroit while speaking at the Detroit Economic Club at the Motor City Casino in downtown Detroit.

"The whole country will be like — you want to know the truth? It'll be like Detroit," Trump said. "Our whole country will end up being like Detroit if she's your president."

Despite the insults, Trump is expected to hold a rally this Friday at the Huntington Place in downtown.