Trump’s go-to Michigan auto worker gets a job and the spotlight

DEARBORN, Michigan – Brian Pannebecker has gotten pretty used to being called onstage by President Donald Trump. Trump once spotted him at a Michigan rally and summoned the muscular retired Ford worker into the spotlight.
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