“USA” chants broke out Thursday morning in New York as former President Donald Trump made a campaign stop with union workers.
Trump squeezed in a meeting with members of the Teamsters union at a construction site in Manhattan around 6 a.m. before attending his trial on alleged falsified business records relating to payment for a nondisclosure agreement with former porn star Stormy Daniels.
Video shows crowds of union workers, some wearing neon vests and hard hats, chanting “USA,” “We want Trump” and “We love Trump,” as the former president can be seen signing hats and engaging with those lining the streets.
Union Workers for Trump. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/I6pqe74Ax5
— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) April 25, 2024
HAPPENING NOW: President Trump meets with members of the Teamsters at a Manhattan construction site👷💪 pic.twitter.com/2sq9Pe0yJZ
— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) April 25, 2024
GOOD MORNING FROM NEW YORK!
Union workers chant “USA” as President Trump visits their construction site 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/KjcZ9UzvX3
— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) April 25, 2024
Trump addressed reporters during his appearance, praising Teamsters union workers who he “built a lot of buildings with.” The former president expressed confidence that “lifelong Democrats” in New York would vote for him in the 2024 election.
“I think these maybe were Democrats, but for me, they’re a Republican,” Trump told Fox News. “There’s not a Democrat in there.”
New York union leader Bobby Bartels after meeting with Trump in NYC:
“We are basically Democrats— all of us. [But] after what’s happened the last 4 years in this country, Democrats have basically pushed everybody to the other side.” pic.twitter.com/VQLAJAGcGL
— Addison Smith (@AddisonSmithTV) April 25, 2024
President Joe Biden secured an endorsement from North America’s Building Trades Union Wednesday at an event in a Washington hotel ballroom, The Associated Press (AP) reported. Biden said Trump “looks down on” union workers, stating that the former president “never built a damn thing.”
As Biden is free to campaign, Trump has been tied up in Manhattan court where he faces 34 felony charges by New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg.