At the start of the strike, a photo of the ILA's Harold Daggett with Trump circulated

Images of the president of the International Longshoremen's Association meeting with former President Donald Trump circulated on social media as the union went on strike on Tuesday.

The images come from a July post on the union's website in which union president Harold Daggett urged members to “pray” for the former president after the Pennsylvania assassination.

In the post, Daggett recalled a meeting with Trump in 2023 in which the former president appeared to express support for longshoremen.

“We had a wonderful, productive 90-minute meeting in which I expressed to President Trump the threat posed by automation to the American workforce,” Daggett said. “President Trump promised to support the ILA in its opposition to automated terminals in the US. Mr. Trump also listened to my concerns about federal “right to work” laws that undermine unions and their ability to represent and fight for their members.”