You spend night after night outside the factory corralling the many newspeople trying to get inside stories, securing food and medicines for people inside the factory, and texting allies around the country to secure their support. Auto companies keep silent, an implicit statement of support to the occupying workers. A CNN interview inside the factory shows workers dutifully caring for the factory equipment and producing U.S.-made electric vehicles.
This creates a bad look for Trump. He looks anti-U.S. jobs. But it’s Trump’s brand to always double down. He orders the military to force the workers out. “The law is the law. THEY ARE TERRORISTS.” He orders all the protests cleared.
Over the next hours, you scramble, calling as many people as you can. People get the memo, and thousands flock to the factory. Throngs of people surround factory entrances.
By the time police and National Guard show up, there’s a ring of protestors. The issues are a blurry mix — with some standing for the right to make EVs or cars in general, others demonstrating support for American jobs or unions, and still others there just to defy Trump. The military takes jurisdiction and awaits further orders.