Timothy L. O'Brien, Columnist

Will Electricians Still Love Trump in 2020?

He tweeted that they will vote for him when the time comes. Interesting.

April 5, 2019 at 8:23 PM UTC

Timothy L. O'Brien is senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion. A former editor and reporter for the New York Times, he is author of “TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald.”

Working-class hero.
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President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Friday to reconnect with the working class:

Without knowing exactly why he posted this one, I have a guess: Former vice president Joe Biden gave a speech to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers at a conference Friday afternoon in Washington. Biden — a white, centrist male — clearly preoccupies Trump, who also has the 2020 presidential election on his mind. He’s been commenting and tweeting about Biden a lot lately.