We are living in some incredibly unusual times.

There are actual, grown adults who would like to argue that biological males can, at any point, say they are biological females mentally, and the rules of common sense and physics must be bent to accommodate their feelings. There is a political party that has openly welcomed that failed thinking into its fold, and is still fighting for that. 

Also, there are people in the United States who believe that the federal government does not waste money, and that Elon Musk and DOGE are wasting their time looking for waste.

One of the more amazing things is that we have citizens living in this country who think that the game of soccer is exciting.

I kid, I kid. Kinda.

Of course, since last Wednesday, politically, the country has been in a full-fledged discussion and debate on President Trump's Liberation Day announcement of worldwide tariffs for countries looking to access the United States market. Watch: Trump Declares 'Liberation Day in America' in Rose Garden Tariffs EO Event

I'm not going to touch on the pros and cons, in my opinion, on that right now; however, it is sufficient to say that since the announcement and the reaction of Wall Street, this has been a constant discussion on all social media platforms.

Being I live in the semi-great state of Michigan, and just north of Detroit, I have been keeping up on the scuttlebutt of the union folks in town; I wrote about what the United Auto Workers (UAW) president Shawn Fain thought about it, right here at RedState. How Do the UAW and Detroit Feel About the Announcement of Trump's Tariffs?

Here is a brief snippet from there...

So I figured I would check out what the head of the United Auto Workers thought. Shawn Fain was quoted right HERE:

Meanwhile, the United Auto Workers applauded the new policy as a step toward ending "the free trade disaster that has devastated working-class communities for decades," UAW President Shawn Fain said in a statement.

“The UAW has been clear: we will work with any politician, regardless of party, who is willing to reverse decades of working-class people going backwards in the most profitable times in our nation’s history," Fain said.

He added: "These tariffs are a major step in the right direction for autoworkers and blue-collar communities across the country, and it is now on the automakers, from the Big Three to Volkswagen and beyond, to bring back good union jobs to the U.S.”

This is a bit of a departure for Shawn, seeing as he was not a fan of Trump running for president last year and said some not-very-nice things.

However, the schism of the clashing political leaders--between the President of the United States and the now former prime minister of Canada and his replacement--has now leaked over onto the heads of the United Auto Workers for both Canada and the United States.

I caught up with part of that story, right HERE:

Unifor National President Lana Payne no longer sees eye to eye with UAW leader Shawn Fain.

In a split with its Canadian sibling, the UAW endorsed President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on foreign-made vehicles and parts — the same tariffs Payne called “reckless and dangerous” for the entire integrated auto industry.

Payne told the Free Press on Thursday, the day a new round of tariffs took effect, that she hasn't met with Fain in “some time," adding that she isn't sure where he's getting his labor figures to support the pro-tariff stance.

Yikes. I can't believe that the figures are not all in agreement.

Payne continued:

“I don’t know that I would say we have common goals here. Unifor is opposed to these tariffs that the president of the United States is placing on the Canadian auto industry,” she said.

Canada does seem to have higher tariff rates on American goods coming into their country. I have seen the charts, and if they are accurate, there are clear-cut examples of that. Yet, they were part of the negotiations back in Donald Trump's first term among the United States, Mexico, and Canada, which replaced NAFTA; it was one of the issues Donald Trump ran on in 2016 that he pledged to replace, and he did.

It would seem reasonable that the American version of the auto workers union would have had a conversation with the Canadian version of the auto workers union; maybe they could have come to some sort of agreement for their workers.

I guess I'm asking for too much.

Politicians get into pissing matches all the time but generally, union folks usually are all about the brotherhood and sisterhood but in this case, not so much, That their leaders have not even talked in a while is shocking to me, having watched negotiations on both sides of the Detroit River with the automakers and both unions.

In March of 2023, the Unifor president was in Detroit speaking to the American version of the UAW, while they were preparing to begin the negotiations with the auto companies in both countries.

They were lockstep back then, according to the Detroit Free Press story linked above:

She delivered a message focused on building worker power together.

“In the months and years and decades to come, we will do great things together. Of that I have no doubt. We will do great things. We will do good for our members. We will continue to change this world. And when future generations reflect back on this time — let the record show that our two great unions stood together, shoulder-to-shoulder, in solidarity,” she said, according to a transcript of her remarks.

Possibly after the national election that is going to happen at the end of April in Canada, not only will the tariff situation between the United States/President Trump and the current or possibly new prime minister be settled, but tensions will also calm down amongst the auto worker representation in both nations. 

One thing I know for sure is that this will be settled long before soccer becomes an interesting sport.

Sorry, not sorry, about that.

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