President Biden spoke for only 87 seconds in total on the picket line

US President Joe Biden addresses striking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union at a picket line outside a General Motors Service Parts Operations plant in Belleville, Michigan, on September 26. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

President Joe Biden spent only 87 seconds encouraging workers on the UAW picket line. In contrast, UAW President Shawn Fain spoke for almost 7 minutes in support of the labor movement.

“Folks, you’ve heard me say many times, Wall Street didn’t build this country, the middle class built this country, and unions built the middle class!” Biden said, to cheers. “That’s a fact, so let’s keep going. You deserve what you’ve earned, and you’ve earned a hell of a lot more than you’re getting paid.”

While President Joe Biden's appearance was the center of attention, Fain used his speech as a way to champion the working class in front of the country's leader.

 “The CEOs think the future belongs to them,” Fain said.”Today belongs to the auto workers in the working class.”

“Thank you, Mr. President, for coming. We know the President will do right by the working class