Joe Biden will become the first sitting US president to appear on a picket line on Tuesday, making an appearance in Michigan in an effort to show solidarity with striking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, which is locked in an escalating dispute with America’s three biggest carmakers.
The US president’s visit comes a day before Trump, his expected Republican opponent in next year’s poll, visits Detroit – the historic centre of the US car industry – to address workers in his own pitch for the strikers’ support.
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Here’s a crazy idea…maybe the POTUS (past/present/future) shouldn’t be weighing in on a labor strike between a private industry and its workers.
Lord knows there are plenty of problems that do fall under the purview of the government that could use some attention.