{"id":37522,"date":"2025-03-31T18:31:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T18:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-and-his-tariffs-find-unlikely-ally-in-auto-union-boss-who-blasted-dems-and-corporate-greed\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T18:31:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T18:31:27","slug":"trump-and-his-tariffs-find-unlikely-ally-in-auto-union-boss-who-blasted-dems-and-corporate-greed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-and-his-tariffs-find-unlikely-ally-in-auto-union-boss-who-blasted-dems-and-corporate-greed\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump and his tariffs find unlikely ally in auto union boss, who blasted Dems and ‘corporate greed’"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump\u2019s major tariffs<\/a> on foreign-made automobiles and parts found a surprising ally in a longtime political foe, United Autoworkers (UAW) President Shawn Fain.<\/p>\n

While he slammed Trump\u2019s order to end collective bargaining for federal workers during a CBS interview<\/a> Sunday, he heaped praise on the president at an appearance at a Detroit university.<\/p>\n

“Yes, I disagree with Donald Trump on virtually everything, but [tariffs are] one thing I don\u2019t disagree on,” Fain said<\/a> at Wayne State University, according to the Detroit Free Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019ve begged Democrats, politicians for years, to do something to get these companies in line.”<\/p>\n

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Fain \u2013 who famously wore a shirt to a former Vice President Kamala Harris rally that read, “Trump is a scab; vote Harris,” and who Trump said should be fired during his convention speech \u2013 called the president the first in his lifetime to eliminate problematic trade deals like NAFTA.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not going to sit here now and say that since he\u2019s a Republican or because he\u2019s Donald Trump, I\u2019m going to say, \u2018screw you.\u2019 That\u2019s not how we do things. It\u2019s having integrity,” he said, according to the paper.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to Fain via the UAW<\/a> for further comment.<\/p>\n

Trump instituted 25% tariffs on outsourced cars and auto parts last week, which is primed to hit domestic brands like Chevrolet \u2013 which now produces vehicles in Mexico like the popular Equinox, and shuttered its major Lordstown, Ohio, assembly plant in 2020.<\/p>\n

Other manufacturers like Mack Trucks still make their vehicles in the U.S., with the Bulldog-branded manufacturing rigs at their longtime main plant in Macungie, Pennsylvania, and their powertrain facility in Hagerstown, Maryland.<\/p>\n

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While Fain reportedly said automakers cannot essentially wave a wand and reboot domestic production, he also said there is no reason U.S. automakers need to raise prices to withstand the financial hit. He called out “corporate greed” in that regard while adding Dodge had produced its Ram trucks in Warren, Michigan, for decades and does not need to suddenly move Ram “overflow” south of the border either.<\/p>\n

“In fairness to the companies, they can\u2019t just close a factory and open a brand new factory overnight\u2026 But there are a lot of opportunities right now.” Fain alleged automakers used the COVID-19 price spike to “price-gouge” up to 40% “for no reason.”<\/p>\n

“They\u2019ve made massive profits for a decade, and all they see here is an opportunity\u2026 it\u2019s a choice.”<\/p>\n

“They could shift that work back to Warren\u00a0tomorrow\u00a0and produce trucks there. Those are the things that can happen immediately.”<\/p>\n

A White House spokesman said the administration welcomes Fain on board when it comes to tariffs.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re glad that UAW leadership has finally recognized what\u2019s long been clear to UAW members: President Trump backs America\u2019s blue-collar workers, and America\u2019s blue-collar workers back President Trump,” said spokesman Kush Desai.<\/p>\n

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When asked about potential price hikes and cases of U.S. automakers making vehicles abroad that could be hurt by said tariffs, Desai said “iconic automakers like Stellantis and Hyundai have already responded to President Trump\u2019s America First economic agenda of tariffs, deregulation, tax cuts, and the unleashing of American energy with tens of billions in historic Made-In-America investment commitments.”<\/p>\n

Desai added that Trump\u2019s push for Americans to be able to deduct taxes on U.S.-made cars will drive the onshoring of manufacturing and job growth without systemic inflation.<\/p>\n

“Just as President Trump\u2019s policies did during his first term,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump\u2019s major tariffs on foreign-made automobiles and parts found a surprising ally in a longtime political foe, United Autoworkers (UAW) President Shawn Fain. While he slammed Trump\u2019s order to end collective bargaining for federal workers during a CBS interview Sunday, he heaped praise on the president at an appearance at a Detroit university. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37522\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}