‘He boxed Biden in’: Dems fear Trump is outfoxing Biden on the auto worker strike

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Donald Trump’s decision to head to Detroit for a speech next week is setting off alarms among some Joe Biden allies.

President Joe Biden's team has privately weighed whether to dispatch a top lieutenant to the picket line to stand alongside the UAW workers, according to two people familiar with those discussions. | Paul Sancya/AP PhotoSome Joe Biden allies fear that Donald Trump is outmaneuvering them on the auto workers’ strike with his decision to head to Detroit for a speech next week.as a plainly cynical ploy to gain political advantage from the current United Auto Workers strike at three plants.

Inside the White House and Biden campaign, operatives scoffed at such an assessment. But their public utterances — including aggressive criticism of Trump’s record on labor policy — betrayed concern that the former president could make further inroads among union voters. Yet even as they considered sending a public-facing official to the site of the strike, the White House was pulling back on some behind-the-scenes engagement. On Tuesday, the administration scrapped its plan to have two Biden aides head to Detroit this week to help both sides after union officials complained about it.

 

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