To celebrate the first 100 days of his second term in office, President Donald Trump went back to his greatest hits.

At a rally Tuesday in Warren, Michigan, commemorating the early marker of his second term, Trump leaned into much of the rhetoric that became a staple of his campaign rallies, hitting on major themes like the economy and immigration even as his poll numbers are among the worst of any president at this point in office.

“I miss the campaign,” Trump told a raucous crowd, lamenting that he no longer gets to regularly hold rally-style events with his most loyal political supporters.

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Recent public polling has found Trump’s approval rating consistently in the low-to-mid-40s, numbers at odds with the rosy portrayal he gave in his Michigan stop.

The Trump administration’s focus on illegal immigration and the border has consistently been his highest-performing policy issue, but his plan to implement sweeping tariffs has roiled global markets and gotten poor marks; a recent CNBC poll found that 57% of respondents believe the United States is either headed to recession or already in one.

But Trump, in characteristic fashion Tuesday, cast his first three months in office as a universal success.

It has been “the most successful first 100 days of administration in the history of our country,” he said. “And that’s according to many, many people.”

Cheri Verardi, who attended the event, said: “He is doing what needs to be done. It’s hard for some people to swallow, but we need to see how it will play out. And I believe it’s going to play out for the betterment of our country.”

Deborah Spencer, another rally attendee, said she doesn’t like how she has so far “lost money for retirement” as the markets have dropped because of Trump’s economic policies. But she said she still has faith in him.

“I’m confident that President Trump has our best interests,” she said.

Thousands attended the rally, but the overall size of the event paled in comparison with past campaign-era Trump rallies. Trump referred to “all the people outside,” even as the venue itself wasn’t at capacity.

Trump’s second term has been marked with fights with federal courts, many of which have ruled against some of his most controversial policies, and it has ushered in an eroding relationship between the United States and some of its closest global allies. It has also sought to overhaul the federal government with the help of tech billionaire Elon Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, which has ushered in mass layoffs of government workers.

During his second term, Trump’s MAGA base has brushed off concerns about tariffs as “short-term pain” and embraced his border policies, while Democrats have amplified their concerns about what they say are his authoritarian tendencies as his administration has focused on mass deportations.

Trump brushed off the low polling numbers stemming from some of his early administration policies as “fake.”

“If it were a legit poll, it would be in the 60s or 70s,” he said Tuesday.

Holding the rally in Michigan itself points to the state’s importance in next year’s midterm elections. Democratic Sen. Gary Peters isn’t seeking re-election, making Michigan one of the top Senate-side battleground states headed into 2026. Trump hasn’t endorsed a candidate in the race; Republican leadership in the Senate has backed Mike Rogers, who lost last year’s race to Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin.

In a twist, Trump also used the day to find some common ground with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat and persistent Trump critic who is considering running for president in 2028. At an event hours before the rally in Warren, Trump announced a new series of fighter jets for Selfridge Air National Guard Base, giving the credit to Whitmer, whose recent visit to the White House to discuss tariffs drew criticism from many in her own party.

At the rally, Trump focused one of his attacks on Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., who introduced articles of impeachment against Trump on Monday, saying he is a “clear and present danger to our nation’s Constitution and democracy.”

“What the hell did I do? Here we go again,” said Trump, whom the House twice impeached during his first term. “I had the television way down, and I said to our great first lady, ‘Listen, did I just hear us being impeached again?’”

Trump advisers have told NBC News they don’t see Democrats’ retaking the House, but they continue to talk about the idea of Democrats’ trying to impeach Trump as a voter turnout mechanism headed into the 2026 midterms.

“The Democrats are not taking the House,” a Trump adviser said Tuesday. “But this is about making sure voters remember the stakes of the midterm elections.”