Trump’s pro-labour gestures are politically shrewd. His election as president in 2024 depended on support from working-class white voters and a growing share of Hispanic and black working-class voters. In this year’s election, 45 per cent of members of households with a union member voted for Trump – up from 40 per cent in 2020 and 42 per cent in 2016. He won voters from households that make less than $100,000 a year, while Kamala Harris won households earning more than that.