UAW courts Donald Trump after going all in for Kamala Harris

Published March 31, 2025 7:00am ET



President Donald Trump continues to make inroads with the labor movement, and his protective tariffs have found an ally in United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain.

Fain praised the Trump administration’s new 25% auto tariffs as the end of the “free trade disaster” and released a video calling for an end to deals like the North American Free Trade Agreement.

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