Trump Is Speaking Tonight in Michigan at a Nonunion Auto Shop, as a Guest of Its Boss
For days, the mainstream media has said Donald Trump is going to Michigan to speak to union autoworkers. That’s completely false: he is traveling there today to speak at a nonunion auto-parts shop, at the invitation of its boss.
Donald Trump’s visit to Michigan is being coordinated by nonunion manufacturers — but you wouldn’t know that if you’ve read or watched the news these past few days. (Sean Rayford / Getty Images)
This evening, rather than attend the second Republican presidential debate, Donald Trump will speak at Drake Enterprises, Inc., in Macomb County, Michigan. The plant is a nonunion truck-parts manufacturer that has nothing to do with the Big Three, where United Auto Workers (UAW) members are waging a historic strike, the first time they have ever taken on all of the three major automakers at once.
Trump is visiting at the invitation of Drake Enterprises’ president, Nathan Stemple, who told Fox & Friends yesterday that “some of our colleagues that we do business with reached out to us,” informing him that Trump wanted to hold a rally and was looking for someone to host.
“We were more than willing to do so,” he said.
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