Battle for blue-collar votes: Biden, Trump court striking auto workers in Michigan

Biden was in Michigan one day before Donald Trump's own pitch to auto workers, albeit at a non-union plant outside Detroit. It was so-called Reagan Democrats who switched allegiances in 2016 to put Trump over the line in key Midwest Rust Belt states. What's the message they want to hear in 2024?

More broadly, what does the US want? Four decades after Reagan busted unions and said government was the problem, what to make of high-profile strikes everywhere from the auto industry to Hollywood? Will regulation and the role of government in guaranteeing a social safety net be on the ballot in these uncertain post-Covid times?

Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Rebecca Gnignati and Imen Mellaz.

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