Speaking at the Mack Trucks facility near Allentown, where the company warned of tariff-induced layoffs a year ago, President Donald Trump campaigned Tuesday for a Republican congressman who

Trump had a private tour of the facility, but his speech often felt more like a reelection rally from two years ago than an effort to promote his second-term accomplishments.

President Trump visited Mack Defense’s Macungie, Pennsylvania, facility on June 23 to tout a $47 million Heavy Dump Truck order.

Veering between attacks and accomplishments, goals and recognition, superlatives and showmanship, President Donald Trump led a political rally Tuesday inside the Lehigh Valley Mack Trucks plant. Appearing a little more than four months before the mid-term elections,

Mack Trucks outlined a two-pronged tractor strategy built around the new Pioneer and a redesigned Anthem  at its Experience Center testing grounds.

Mack’s next-generation vocational truck features a roomier cab, premium seating, advanced steering technology, and a driver-focused interior designed with direct input from professional operators.

Both Mack and Peterbilt are legendary American truck manufacturers, but these two companies actually inhabit quite distinct semi-truck markets.

Speaking to employees, officials and political allies, the president framed Mack Trucks as a symbol of domestic industrial strength and his trade approach.

President Donald Trump will visit Lower Macungie Township on Tuesday afternoon to deliver a speech at Mack Trucks. A White House spokesperson told the Philadelphia Inquirer on Monday that Trump will talk about investments in American manufacturing and job growth, and will “stand with the American workers he has fought for.”

The Mack Trucks Historical Museum began life as an engineering center that designed and tested new vehicles. The old dyno room is now used as a restoration bay where old trucks are slowly brought back to life.