Trump to woo blue-collar Michigan workers after Biden’s stop at UAW strike

Former president will address 500 workers in key election state in attempt to upstage Biden's appeal to autoworkers on Tuesday

Donald Trump will attempt to woo blue-collar workers in Michigan tonight in an intensifying political tug-of-war with Joe Biden a day after the sitting president visited a picket line in the state to declare support for a trade union strike against the US's three flagship carmakers.

Targeting working class voters in the key battleground, the former president will attempt to upstage yesterday's appeal by Biden to union members in the front line of the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike, which is turning into a proxy struggle for next year's presidential election.