Politics & Government

Ivanka Trump To Visit Warren GM Plant Wednesday

The daughter of President Donald Trump landed in Detroit Tuesday night ahead of a meeting with GM CEO Mary Barra.

President Donald Trump, right, sits with his daughter Ivanka Trump during and event about the "Farmers to Families Food Box Program" at Flavor First Growers and Packers Aug. 24 in Mills River, N.C.
President Donald Trump, right, sits with his daughter Ivanka Trump during and event about the "Farmers to Families Food Box Program" at Flavor First Growers and Packers Aug. 24 in Mills River, N.C. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

DETROIT, MI — Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Donald Trump and advisor to the president, will be meeting with General Motors CEO Mary Barra and touring the company's Warren plant Wednesday. The presidential advisor landed in the Motor City Tuesday night.

Barra will lead Ivanka Trump on a two-hour tour of the Technical Learning University located on GM's Global Technical Center campus in Warren, the Detroit Free Press reported.

Wednesday will mark the first time a Trump administration official has visited GM's facilities, according to the Free Press.

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On Tuesday, GM announced it was donating 2 million face masks to Michigan public schools as part of the state's MI Mask Aid partnership, a move to continue efforts of providing personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic.

In April, President Trump criticized the company for not hastily getting ventilators to front-line workers during the pandemic, according to the Free Press.

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GM delivered the last of 30,000 ventilators it said it would make with a $489 million contract on Monday, and the plant where the ventilators were made have been transitioned back to auto-making services.

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