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How long before the white working class realizes Trump was just scamming them
Posted on 11/24/16 at 11:54 am
Posted on 11/24/16 at 11:54 am
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While we’re still analyzing the election results and debating the importance of different factors to the final outcome, everyone agrees that white working class voters played a key part in Donald Trump’s victory, in some cases by switching their votes and in some cases by turning out when they had been nonvoters before.
And now that he’s about to take office, he’s ready to deliver on what he promised them, right? Well, maybe not so much: President-elect Donald Trump abruptly abandoned some of his most tendentious campaign promises Tuesday, saying he does not plan to prosecute Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email system or the dealings of her family foundation, has an “open mind” about a climate-change accord from which he vowed to withdraw the United States and is no longer certain that torturing terrorism suspects is a good idea.
The billionaire real estate developer also dismissed any need to disentangle himself from his financial holdings, despite rising questions about how his global business dealings might affect his decision-making as the nation’s chief executive.
And it’s not just that; at the same time, the Trump administration and congressional Republicans are getting ready to move on their highest priorities, cutting taxes for the wealthy, scrapping oversight on Wall Street, and lightening regulations on big corporations.
Imagine you’re one of those folks who went to Trump rallies and thrilled to his promises to take America back from the establishment, who felt your heart stir as he promised to torture prisoners, who got your “Trump That Bitch” T-shirt, who was overjoyed to finally have a candidate who tells it like it is. What are you thinking as you watch this?
If you have any sense, you’re coming to the realization that it was all a scam. You got played. While you were chanting “Lock her up!” he was laughing at you for being so gullible. While you were dreaming about how you’d have an advocate in the Oval Office, he was dreaming about how he could use it to make himself richer. He hasn’t even taken office yet and everything he told you is already being revealed as a lie.
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And of course, there were promises — like building a wall on the southern border and making Mexico pay for it just so they know who’s boss — that claimed to serve a practical purpose but also had an important expressive purpose. And now one by one Trump is casting them all off.
So what are we left with? What remains is Trump’s erratic whims, his boundless greed, and the core of Republican policies Congress will pursue, which are most definitely not geared toward the interests of working class whites. He can gut environmental regulations, but that doesn’t mean millions of people are going to head back to the coal mines — it was market forces more than anything else that led to coal’s decline. He can renegotiate trade deals, but that doesn’t mean that the labor-intensive factory jobs are coming back. And by the way, the high wages, good benefits, and job security those jobs used to offer? That was thanks to labor unions, which Republicans are now going to try to destroy once and for all.
I'm guessing most never will.
Enjoy
Posted on 11/24/16 at 11:55 am to a want
How many days has this melt been going?
Posted on 11/24/16 at 11:55 am to a want
How long before I downvote your OP?
Posted on 11/24/16 at 11:56 am to a want
quote:Another washington post article.
a want
Why do you act like they are some sort of objective site?
Posted on 11/24/16 at 11:56 am to a want
103 days, 22 hours and 43 seconds from 1231CST 11.24.2016.
Posted on 11/24/16 at 11:56 am to Ingeniero
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How many days has this melt been going?
One would think that everything has melted at this point, yet it still continues. To the snowflakes, I say, melt on...
Posted on 11/24/16 at 11:57 am to a want
They know Politics, and they know the game, it was an election about who do you trust more, and he didn't have a Political record like Hillary did. So, they gambled.....
Posted on 11/24/16 at 11:57 am to a want
Washington Post: did not read that liberal bullshite
Posted on 11/24/16 at 11:57 am to a want
Instead of linking an article written by someone else, share your thoughts on trump and how he will do as POTUS.
Posted on 11/24/16 at 11:57 am to a want
How long before a want et al realize that Hillary lied to them and that they are the true losers in this country?
Seriously, he hasn't even been inaugurated yet, and you are already calling him a failure and a scammer.
I'd suggest getting a grip on reality.
Seriously, he hasn't even been inaugurated yet, and you are already calling him a failure and a scammer.
I'd suggest getting a grip on reality.
Posted on 11/24/16 at 11:57 am to a want
a want was like a broken record
During the primaries.... "Trump won't win a single state"
Then "Trump wont win the nomination"
Then "Trump will get crushed by Hillary"
over and over and over.
Surprised he still shows up on here. At least asurob1, the other broken record, has been MIA.
Now its "Trump wont do what he said"
When will we realize whatever a want says, the opposite is true
During the primaries.... "Trump won't win a single state"
Then "Trump wont win the nomination"
Then "Trump will get crushed by Hillary"
over and over and over.
Surprised he still shows up on here. At least asurob1, the other broken record, has been MIA.
Now its "Trump wont do what he said"
When will we realize whatever a want says, the opposite is true
Posted on 11/24/16 at 11:57 am to a want
quote:Agreed.
I'm guessing most never will.
Just like the Obamabots actually believe he was good for this country.
Americans in general are dumbed-down, narcissistic sheople - easily herded.
And then we wonder how this country got to this state.
Posted on 11/24/16 at 11:57 am to a want
Letting Hillary slip away into oblivion is in the best interests of the nation, climate change is real and torture demonstrably doesn't work (though I really don't give a shite if terror suspects get waterboarded, frick them).
Trump is more appealing to me now than he was on election night
Trump is more appealing to me now than he was on election night
Posted on 11/24/16 at 11:58 am to a want
How long has Obama been in office and yall haven't figured it out yet?
Posted on 11/24/16 at 11:58 am to a want
Maybe about 40 years...which is about the time it took them to realize the Democrats were scamming them. By that point, Republicans will have their manufacturing jobs back.
Posted on 11/24/16 at 11:59 am to goldennugget
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a want was like a broken record During the primaries.... "Trump won't win a single state" Then "Trump wont win the nomination" Then "Trump will get crushed by Hillary"
Ask him who he picks for the LSU-TAMU game and then bet the other way.
Posted on 11/24/16 at 12:00 pm to AU4real35
quote:He is well-connected with the establishment elite.
share your thoughts on trump and how he will do as POTUS.
As President, he will continue to grow the government and line the pockets of the establishment elite through crony capitalism and endless war for profit.
In other words, he will be no different than those before him.
Posted on 11/24/16 at 12:02 pm to a want
quote:
How long before the white working class realizes Trump was just scamming them
How long will it be before you make a legitimate post?
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