Trump slams Biden as a ‘vulture’ and a ‘rotten politician’ who wants to ruin the auto industry

Former President Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on President Joe Biden and his policies on electric vehicles (EVs) in a speech before a crowd of autoworkers in Michigan on Wednesday night. Trump accused Biden of being a ‘wretched old vulture’ and a ‘rotten politician’ who wants to ‘rape and pillage’ American jobs and destroy the auto industry with his ’crippling mandates’1. Trump, who skipped the second Republican primary debate in California to compete with Biden for union votes in the battleground state, spoke at Drake Enterprises, a non-unionized auto parts supplier in Clinton Township, about a half-hour outside Detroit2. He was greeted by several hundred current and former UAW members, as well as members of plumbers and pipefitters unions2. Trump largely ignored the debate, where his GOP rivals criticized his record and leadership, and focused on bashing Biden and his push for EVs. He claimed that Biden’s green agenda was driven by ‘ridiculous regulations’ that would force Ameri