Former President Trump met privately with union leaders on Wednesday, less than two weeks until the crucial Iowa caucuses.
Teamsters President Sean O'Brien thanked President Trump for the sit-in in a statement released by the union late Wednesday night.
“There are serious problems that need to be resolved. [be] “As we head into a critical election year, the Teamsters Union is committed to ensuring our members' voices are heard,” O'Brien said.
“I thank the former president for taking the time to attend this private meeting and listening to the Teamsters’ top priorities.”
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Former President Trump (left) met with Teamsters President Sean O'Brien on Wednesday, the union said.
O'Brien said a roundtable discussion between “rank-and-file” union members and the former president will be held in late January.
A Teamsters statement published in X said union leaders and Mr. Trump had a “thorough and productive discussion on the worker issues of greatest importance to the Teamsters union.”
Those on the left were quick to criticize O'Brien's meeting.
“I know some Teamsters who probably aren't really happy about this,” Utah Sen. Nate Bruin posted on X.
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“This is the kind of photo that will come back to hurt you,” Prerna Jagadeesh, a spokeswoman for the Green New Deal, said on social platforms. There are ways to respect union members' support for Trump.” Scammers like him. ”
President Biden had the support of the Teamsters in his 2020 campaign against President Trump, but despite touting himself as “the most pro-union president in U.S. history,” the Teamsters simply wanted to bring the Teamsters back together. He made it clear that he had no intention of handing him over.
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Trump has supported union votes in his bid for reelection, and late last year he traveled to Detroit to meet with striking autoworkers instead of participating in the second Republican primary debate. .
In 2020, the Teamsters supported candidate Joe Biden over then-President Trump. (Yuri Gripas/Abaka/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The Teamsters are meeting with 2024 presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle as large unions weigh who to invest more weight in.
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O'Brien and others met last month with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Marianne Williamson, Cornel West, and Minnesota Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips.
Fox News Digital contacted President Trump's press secretary for details about the meeting with O'Brien, but did not immediately receive a response.
