Donald Trump crossed the picket line on Wednesday and spoke at a non-union auto plant called Drake Enterprises in Clinton Township – about 50 miles away from where striking union workers were on the picket line fighting for better wages. It was a sharp contrast to President Biden's appearance with United Auto Workers (UAW) members on the picket line on Tuesday. Biden was praised by UAW workers for his show of support for organized labor. As one individual on the picket line told reporters, "I don't remember any president coming to a picket line. Joe, before he was president, was coming to picket lines. He’s consistent. We have a lot of consistent folk at pointing out problems, he fixes them. I was very pleased to see him coming down the road."

Donald Trump crossed the picket line on Wednesday and spoke at a non-union auto plant called Drake Enterprises in Clinton Township – about 50 miles away from where striking union workers were on the picket line fighting for better wages. It was a sharp contrast to President Biden's appearance with United Auto Workers (UAW) members on the picket line on Tuesday. Biden was praised by UAW workers for his show of support for organized labor. As one individual on the picket line told reporters, "I don't remember any president coming to a picket line. Joe, before he was president, was coming to picket lines. He’s consistent. We have a lot of consistent folk at pointing out problems, he fixes them. I was very pleased to see him coming down the road." Trump's appearance was far different. In a slap in the face to union workers, Trump not only appeared at a non-union shop; he then pretended as if he were speaking at a union shop. In the ultimate performative gaslighting, Trump passed out fliers that read 'Union Members For Trump.' It’s as if someone were to go to a place called Four Seasons Total Landscaping and act like they were at a Four Seasons Hotel. Oh wait. At one point, Trump addressed the crowd by pleading, "Hopefully your leaders at UAW will endorse Donald Trump!" Trump also dismissed striking workers, saying, "I don't think you're picketing for the right thing." Once again, Donald Trump was not at a UAW shop. And the UAW's leadership already made clear their feelings about the anti-labor, criminally indicted Republican candidate. UAW President Shawn Fain told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Tuesday that Trump's appearance at a non-union plant amid the strike was a "pathetic irony." Fain also made clear that union workers have not forgotten about Donald Trump's anti-labor actions in the recent past. "[Trump's] track record speaks for itself. In 2008, during the Great Recession, he blamed UAW members. He blamed our contracts for everything that was wrong with these companies. That's a complete lie," Fain noted. He continued, "In 2015, when he was running for president, he talked about doing a rotation, taking all these good paying jobs in the Midwest and moving them somewhere in the South where people work for less money and then to make people beg for their jobs back at lower wages." Trump is trying to dupe Americans into believing that he actually has the support of the UAW union and that he spoke before a crowd at a union plant. This could not be further from the truth. Members of the UAW have wised up to Trump's con, however. A recent viral compilation showed the union members giving their raw, unvarnished opinions of Trump – and they didn't hold back. When asked who she was supporting, one UAW member said, "Biden, not the grifter." Another member of the UAW was a little more colorful in her response. "I hate Trump I think he's a stupid f*ck. He's got nothing for us, he's for the companies. Biden all the way," she said. Donald Trump's visit to Michigan has turned into a PR nightmare for the former president, and if anything, has given workers in Michigan in a front row seat to his deception. Forget Ultra MAGA. Trump just went Ultra SCAB. [1] Video link[2] Footnotes [1] https://www.meidastouch.com/news/ultra-scab-trump-crosses-picket-line-and-pretends-he-is-at-union-factory- [2] Trump Has Always Despised Working Class People