He did the Trump standard "we're going to look at it" and "we're going to do something" tap dance - which means: I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHAT YOU WANT ME TO SAY BUT I'M GOING TO EXPRESS GENERALIZATIONS ABOUT THE GOAL OF HELPING PEOPLE.
Basically, it's Trump's way of saying, "Yes, sure, mañana."
The media hasn't figured out Trump's speaking style.
There’ll be a transcript up soon. As usual Trump makes it easy to grab a line or two to twist what he says.
Just like the Income Tax, the Minimum Wage will never go away. There is no putting the Genie back in the Bottle.
Simply by making the suggestion, Trump has taken another issue away from Bernie and Hillary and he didn’t even commit to doing anything.
In a perfect World, the Minimum Wage would be ZERO, but that same perfect world is nothing but a pipe dream.
Six Months to go. Que Sara Sara...
I have always been opposed to raising the minimum wage for the same reason that everyone else here has opposed it.But,if we raised it to 15 dollars the employers would not be hiring illegals for that money and we could tell those business’s to shove it up your nose. Plus the results would also teach people about socialist economics the hard way.
I’m actually of 2 minds on minunumn wages. First off it’s not a net benifit ecomonicly and cause unemployment with marginal workers. Black workers especially suffer from minunumn wage laws. However they it also encourage tech development as labor becomes too expensive which ultimately benifits everyone in the long run.
As such I usally don’t take a side in such debates.
Will this be one of the handful of issues on which I disagree with Trump? Could be. But I also think it’s possible, even likely, that this is a deliberate attempt by Trump to demonstrate to swing voters outside the GOP that his approach is more a common sense approach, less an ideological one.
He said he would look into it, not that he would definitely support it. He has said in the past that he is against raising the minimum wage, and is smart enough to know that that’s not the way to build prosperity. When he comes back in a couple weeks and says that, after looking into it further, he doesn’t believe it’s the best way to grow the economy, he will be able to explain to some of the swing voters his reasoning and in the process demonstrate that is approach is one of pragmatism, not one of rigid ideological talking points. We’ll see.
Think about what Trump said when speaking to a Jewish organization a couple months back. He got some heat for saying that he would approach any negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians in a neutral way. He got a lot of heat from people who said that it indicated he was anti-Israel. But later comments indicated that his statement was more of an attempt to communicate his philosophy on process, rather than on the final outcome he would pursuit.
I think his comments on minimum wage could be viewed in a similar light. We’ll see.
Looking at isn’t ensuring, I think this is posturing...
so the one year old conservative in name only (who was a steadfast liberal his whole life before he ran for office last year) is actually liberal after all?
Wow!
Just wait. More shocking news to follow for all who man-worship the trump.
...can’t wait to hear the glassy-eyed whine; “but, but, we had no idea!”
It’s GOING to get worse.
Hillary with a real pantsuit.
Has to be based on cohabitation because few can afford housing asca single.
Schadenfreude....
Oh brother......!~!
Another nothing burger.
Trump knows that minimum wage jobs are designed for college and high school students...Plus Trump’s plans are contingent upon bringing jobs from China...Much higher paying jobs...
I saw that as Trump just trying to shut up the Wolf in sheep’s clothing...The moron was firing questions like he was shooting a machine gun...And then he wouldn’t let Trump answer most of them...
The number of workers who actually earn minimum wage is minuscule. And a moderate increase of the minimum wage would have only marginal effects.
But an increase from $7.25 to $15 is not a moderate increase. And we have only to see the results of the localities who have recently adopted a $15/hour minimum wage.
And an even bigger hidden cost of such a significant increase in the minimum wage are all the union-wage contracts, which are tied directly to the Federally mandated minimum wage.
I support Trump, and this, if true, is very troubling. But Trump *might* go there, while Hillary is *sure* to go there. And then some! So not a deal-breaker for me.
IMO, the three most important issues this year, which will determine the long-term survival, or destruction, of the Republic are:
1) Illegal immigration
2) Illegal immigration
3) Illegal immigration
If we don’t deal with issues 1, 2, and 3 right now, and eventually amnesty 20+ million, plus extended family members, there won’t be a single Conservative holding any office, anywhere, forevermore. And everybody else’s pet issues will all be moot.
As Trump studies this minimum-wage issue, I would hope that someone would give him a quick refresher on microeconomics.
Anyone who thinks government should regulate wages is a socialist. Period.
I’m disappointed to see many fellow Freepers still haven’t figured Trump out. As a businessman, Trump rarely closes the door on negotiations. At the negotiating table, you always have to have something to bargain with, and you always have to be willing to walk away. He is saying he is “open to it”. He didn’t say he absolutely will implement it. “Open to it” opens the door for Dems and Bernie supporters to join the Trump Train. As President, Trump doesn’t control whether the minimum wage is raised or not, so his comments and thoughts on it are a moot point — EXCEPT for drawing in more voters in November. Freepers should know better, and should ignore this noise, which is all a non-issue. Stay focused. #NeverHillary.
Thanks Trump-tards. We’re toast. Arnold Trumpzenegger. I pray I’m wrong.
All eyes on Hillary.
Not pleasant, but not a deal breaker for me.