Trump Is Speaking Tonight in Michigan at a Nonunion Auto Shop, as a Guest of Its Boss https://jacobin.com/2023/09/trump-michigan-visit-drake-enterprises-uaw-strike
When asked how the UAW (United Auto Workers) strike is impacting his company, Drake Enterprises’ president, Nathan Stemple said that demand has dropped off for some of the parts his plant produces. The show’s host then asked him how the shift to electric vehicles (EVs) — a Biden administration priority to which the GOP, Trump included, is loudly and firmly opposed — would affect his company. “Oh, it would put us out of business,
Trump’s visit to Michigan is being coordinated by Michigan’s nonunion auto manufacturers, many of whom oppose the transition to EVs. The UAW doesn’t oppose the transition; it merely wants it to be just, with jobs in EV plants unionized.