President Donald Trump will return to Michigan Thursday to tout the trade deal with Mexico and Canada that he recently got through Congress and signed.

The visit to Dana Incorporated in Warren comes as the U.S. Senate is considering whether to remove Trump from office after the U.S. House of Representatives voted last month to impeach the president.

The timing for the visit to Michigan, a key battleground in the 2020 election, is remarkable. The last time Trump came to the state was for a December rally in Battle Creek. During his two-hour remarks there, the House vote on impeachment took place.

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But the U.S. Mexico Canada Trade Agreement will be a chance for Trump to take a victory lap over a signature achievement. The deal is expected to provide more stability for the auto industry, which relies on the ability to plan for years in advance. Without a successor to NAFTA, the industry had been struggling with how and where to invest.

The deal, however, will put some competing pressures on the auto industry, in part because of requirements for more auto content to be produced at a higher wage rate. That was a provision needed for support for the deal from Democrats and organized labor.

Dana is an automotive supplier of axles, driveshafts, transmissions, and electrodynamic, thermal, sealing, and digital equipment for conventional, hybrid, and electric-powered vehicles. It has facilities in Novi, Warren and Auburn Hills.

Michigan will be in the national spotlight in about seven weeks when the March 10 presidential primary hits the state. It was one of three states that flipped from Democratic to Republican in the 2016 election, delivering the electoral votes needed for Trump to win the White House.

Trump's margin of victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton — 10,704 votes out of nearly 4.8 million ballots cast — was the smallest in the nation.

Warren Mayor James Fouts said Trump's upcoming visit shows the significance of Macomb County to the 2020 election and Dana’s position in the economy as a “successful tech company.”

“The president considers Macomb County important in 2020,” Fouts said. “This is historically a key county.”

Details on Trump's visit on Thursday aren't available yet, but he will be traveling to Des Moines, Iowa, for a campaign rally later that night.

Trump held his first campaign rally of 2020 at the Huntington Center arena in Toledo Jan. 9 and was last in Michigan on Dec. 19 when he held a Merry Christmas Rally at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek.

Contact Kathleen Gray: 313-223-4430, kgray99@freepress.com or onTwitter @michpoligal.