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Musk endorsed Trump for November's election after the former
president survived an assassination attempt in July. Later that
month, the Wall Street Journal reported Musk planned to commit
around $45 million a month to a new pro-Trump super
political-action committee. However, after that report's
publication, both Musk and Trump said the Tesla CEO never
pledged any such donation.
"For months, Donald Trump has gone around trashing our state,
trashing our industry, trashing the American autoworker, saying
he was against electric vehicles. And then something happened,"
Fain said on Wednesday while campaigning for Harris.
"We saw Elon Musk announce he was going to give Donald Trump $45
million dollars a month. And all of a sudden, guess what, Trump
changed his tune," Fain added, calling Trump a "sellout."
Trump has opposed any electric car mandate and been critical of
EV policies under Democratic President Joe Biden but he has said
recently he supports electric vehicles.
"I'm for electric cars. I have to be, because Elon endorsed me
very strongly. So I have no choice," Trump said at a weekend
rally, but added he supports electric vehicles "for a small
slice." He went on to add: "You want to have gas-propelled cars,
you want to have hybrids, you want to have every kind of a car
imaginable."
UAW has endorsed Harris, who became the Democratic presidential
candidate recently after Biden stepped aside as candidate.
(Reporting by Nandita Bose and Kanishka Singh; Editing by Chris
Reese)
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