The president is set to visit Dover Air Force Base and then speak in Georgia, where he is expected to promote child investment funds, while a 25% tariff on most Brazilian imports takes effect and the House advances fiscal votes.
President Trump is scheduled to travel to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday for the dignified transfer of troops killed over the weekend in Jordan and Iraq, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth expected to join him. He is then due in Marietta, Ga., to deliver remarks on the economy and highlight the administration’s recently launched child investment funds, dubbed “Trump accounts,” alongside Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) and GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson. Collins is running for the Senate against Democratic incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff (Ga.) in what is expected to be a battleground race in November, with Trump’s rhetoric on election security and fraud claims adding to the political backdrop of the visit. The event in Marietta is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. EDT. The day also brings a major trade step as a 25 percent tariff on most imports from Brazil begins, while Trump’s proposed 50 percent tariff on Canada is meeting resistance from Republican senators. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is set to testify before the Senate Finance Committee, which oversees tax and trade matters, on the administration’s trade agenda. On Capitol Hill, the House passed a stopgap funding measure late Tuesday to keep the government funded through Dec. 4, with six Democrats backing it and one Republican opposing it, though the bill is described as a nonstarter in the Senate. The chamber is also expected to vote Wednesday on its $95 billion budget framework. In Arizona, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) won the GOP nomination for governor and will face Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) in November.