'Get rid of this dope': Trump lashes out at UAW chief Shawn Fain in late night meltdown

Donald Trump declared war on the United Auto Workers head Shawn Fain late Sunday night after the union leader took potshots at him earlier in the day on "Face the Nation."

While on the CBS program, Fain told host Margaret Brennan, "I can't fathom any union would support Donald Trump for president," before later adding that during his presidency, "he cycled through White House staff like toilet paper."

Previously Fain had called Trump a "scab."

That, combined with Fain's endorsement of President Joe Biden last week, appears to have gotten under the four-times indicted ex-president's skin who launched an assault on his Truth Social platform where he urged union members to "get rid of this dope."

Late in the evening, Trump wrote, "I had the great privilege of watching Shawn Fain, the President of the United Auto Workers, this morning on DeFace the Nation. He is a real 'STIFF' who is selling the Automobile Industry right into the big, powerful, hands of China. 55% of the industry has already left the U.S., and the rest will soon be following if I am not elected President."

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He then continued, "He bought into Biden’s 'vision' of all Electric Vehicles, which require far fewer workers to make each car but, more importantly, are not wanted in large numbers by the consumer, and will ALL be made in China. I want them to be made in the USA, every type of car, and would require China, and other countries, through TARIFFS, or otherwise, to build plants here, with our workers. Now they are building in Mexico, the biggest plants anywhere, and selling their cars, Tariff Free, into the good ol’ USA."

"Shawn Fain doesn’t understand this or have a clue. Get rid of this dope & vote for DJT. I will bring the Automobile Industry back to our Country," he concluded.