FILE – President Donald Trump claps as he walks to the podium to speak at Ford’s Rawsonville Components Plant that has been converted to making personal protection and medical equipment, Thursday, May 21, 2020, in Ypsilanti, Mich. Former President Donald Trump will skip the second GOP presidential debate next week to travel to Detroit as the auto worker strike enters its second week. Trump is planning to speak with union members and will look to blunt criticisms from a United Auto Workers union leadership that has said a second Trump term would be a “disaster.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — When former President Donald Trump visits Detroit on Wednesday, he’ll be looking to blunt criticisms from a United Auto Workers union leadership that has said a second term for him would be a “disaster” for workers. Union leaders say Trump’s record in the White House speaks for itself. Union leadership cites unfavorable rulings from the nation’s top labor board and the U.S. Supreme Court under Trump and unfulfilled promises of automotive jobs. Trump will skip the second Republican presidential debate that day to travel to Detroit and visit striking autoworkers. Trump is running a radio ad in Michigan and Ohio praising autoworkers and claiming he’s “always had their back.”