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Trump Is No Longer Even Pretending to Champion the Working Class
The New York Times ^
| Aug. 16, 2024, 5:04 a.m. ET
| Michelle Goldberg
Posted on 08/16/2024 8:37:53 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The most consequential moment from Donald Trump’s glitchy interview with Elon Musk on Monday came during a discussion of government cost-cutting. “Well, you, you’re the greatest cutter,” Trump told Musk, before launching, apropos of nothing, into a reverie about how Musk dominates his employees. “They go on strike,” said Trump. “I won’t mention the name of the company, but they go on strike and you say, ‘That’s OK. You’re all gone. You’re all gone. So every one of you is gone,’ and you are the greatest.”
Trump’s sympathy with plutocrats over unions is not a surprise, given both his record in office and his desperate desire for the approval and admiration of other billionaires. Though the ex-president made successful electoral appeals to the working class — particularly the white working class — his record on labor was that of a standard conservative Republican.
He appointed
union busters to the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that enforces labor law. His Department of Labor reversed the “
persuader” rule, which had forced transparency on companies waging anti-union propaganda campaigns. His Supreme Court appointees dealt a severe blow to public sector unions in the Janus decision, an outcome Trump
celebrated. His signature policy accomplishment was a tax cut that disproportionately benefited the rich.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: enemiestlist; enemyjournalist; fakenews; michellegoldberg; newyorkslimes; nytpropaganda; pretending2writenews; tds; trump
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"Trump Is No Longer Even Pretending to Champion the Working Class" - The New York Times
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posted on
08/16/2024 1:43:49 PM PDT
by
clearcarbon
(Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
To: ConservativeMind
The author of the article.
82
posted on
08/16/2024 2:07:01 PM PDT
by
Vision
(Woke is communism and it has no place in America. Election Reform Now! Obama is an evildoer.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
The New York Times whole operation ought to have to be listed on election reports as funding for the Democrat Party.
83
posted on
08/16/2024 3:30:10 PM PDT
by
packrat35
(Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
To: Vision
Little emo hipster girl probably from a rich family herself, who hasn’t a clue on what paying real bills is like.
84
posted on
08/16/2024 3:32:00 PM PDT
by
packrat35
(Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Their premise seems to be to equate working class to unions. BS premise, BS follows.
Most actual workers (vs. slackers) can do without unions with their dues and corruption. Millions of independent contractors will laugh in your face if you mention unions.
Unions function to further the interest of the union; the top dogs get rich, everyone else is a sucker.
85
posted on
08/16/2024 3:55:24 PM PDT
by
Moltke
(Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Do you have to post these garbage articles here?
86
posted on
08/16/2024 3:59:42 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
To: Bullish
Do you have to post these garbage articles here? So you are more important than the 84 other people who have been interested in the article so far?

Go bury your head back in the sand where it belongs. The grownup want to know what the enemy is up to.
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posted on
08/16/2024 4:04:05 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
The working class appreciates a tough but honest boss.
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posted on
08/16/2024 4:10:44 PM PDT
by
Lisbon1940
(I don’t see why they would)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Insults huh? And you’re supposedly the grownup here?
Anyone who wants to read the NY times knows exactly where they’re at and all of us know the kind of garbage they are going to spew.
89
posted on
08/16/2024 5:01:04 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
To: Bullish
Anyone who wants to read the NY times knows exactly where they’re at and all of us know the kind of garbage they are going to spew. 88 other people and counting were interested in it, but because you don't like it, it should be censored.
Do I have that right?
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posted on
08/16/2024 5:06:11 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
I don’t think you have any of this even close to ‘right’.
Having a bad day?... Why so touchy over nothing?
91
posted on
08/16/2024 5:10:09 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
To: goodnesswins
If unions are so great why don’t they set up their own employee owned businesses and compete with others? Answer: they can’t, competition is their worst nightmare.
92
posted on
08/16/2024 5:20:25 PM PDT
by
Rlsau1
To: Bullish
Stop posting garbage on this thread.
93
posted on
08/16/2024 5:37:09 PM PDT
by
mac_truck
(aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
To: Bullish
I am just tired of bullies who think they can dictate what other people can do.
94
posted on
08/16/2024 5:38:00 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Don’t post it without a blood pressure warning.
95
posted on
08/16/2024 5:39:29 PM PDT
by
right way right
(“May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope”)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
08/16/2024 5:40:06 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
To: right way right
Don’t post it without a blood pressure warning. This is not a serious person.
Anything it says should be ridiculed and laughed at.
Alinsky 101. Ridicule is man's most potent weapon.
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posted on
08/16/2024 5:42:13 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
It’s a series person.
What C columnist or group of C editors this?
Daily series.
C: (Commie)
I find their propaganda entertaining.
Sometime it signals desperation but... they will take their lies all the way to hell trying to bring Commie glory, the utopia that never comes.
98
posted on
08/16/2024 5:50:27 PM PDT
by
right way right
(“May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope”)
To: right way right
Odd how all Commie leaders own multiple abodes.
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posted on
08/16/2024 5:52:23 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Spinning.
Spinning.
Spinning the lies away.🙄
100
posted on
08/17/2024 1:13:23 PM PDT
by
BiteYourSelf
( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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