Strikes are painful affairs for unions and companies alike, but that hasn’t stopped Donald Trump from making plans to go to Detroit next week to try to make political hay out of the United Auto Workers’ historic strike. The former president is planning a prime-time speech before 500 workers that will trumpet the message that he has “always had their back”.
As with so many Trump pronouncements, that is appalling poppycock. During Trump’s four years as president, he and his administration did far more to stab workers in their backs.
