Trump Tells Crowd At GM Plant He’s Done More For Them Than Their Parents

President Donald Trump told a crowd of auto workers at the General Motors plant in Michigan on Monday that he’s done more for them than their parents have.

Trump made the comments while calling out United Autoworkers President Shawn Fain, who’s being investigated by the Department of Justice for allegedly abusing his authority and retaliating against a union officer. Fain has denied the allegations and called them politically motivated.

“You had a leader. I don’t know if he’s still with you, Shawn Fain or something,” Trump said, continuing:

This guy was bad news. I never spoke to him and never saw him. He was a Democrat and he thought that [Joe] Biden or Kamala [Harris] would be wonderful. You would have no…I hate to say, you would not have an auto industry right now if they got elected. You wouldn’t have an auto industry. But I don’t know what happened to the guy. Somebody said he got fired, but I can tell you that the people that count, those people love Trump. Because I have done more for you than your parents, okay? Your parents are good. I’m not going to knock your parents, but I have been better to you than your parents. That I can tell you, and they would agree with me. Wherever they may be, they would agree.

Fain worked for Chrysler in Indiana, but never at a GM plant in Michigan. Despite the ongoing federal investigation, Fain is running for re-election as president of the 400,000-member union, and recently spoke at the NAACP National Convention.

Despite his support of Democrats in 2024, Fain came out in favor of Trump’s trade policy in 2025, shortly after the president announced his “Liberation day” tariffs.

Fain told MS NOW, “We do believe, and we know, when it comes to auto, when it comes to heavy truck, and agricultural implementation, we know that tariffs will influence these companies to do the right thing and reinvest in this country and reinvest in factories in this country.”

Watch the clip above via Fox News.

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