Meanwhile Josh Shapiro shows the contrast between Democrats and Republicans:
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+ buzillions We need to demand that all products imported from China must be made by companies who are required to treat their workers according to U.S. standards. No tarrifs, just require that their workers be paid more and get all the same protections U.S. workers get. That would level the playing field. |
So, you liked it better when the people without union middle class jobs, often people who were deliberately kept out of some unions, couldn’t afford anything much at all? Not all “material impulses “ were/are short-sighted. |
Trump shifted them over to the red hats — that way he can make a profit from at least some of them. |
No we did not. We trade manufacturing jobs for white collar jobs. The majority of which pay a higher wage vs manufacturing. Manufacturing is 9% of our GDP and 8% of our workforce. We run a huge service sector trade surplus. Trump through his policies has reduce both the percentage of GDP manufacturing is in the US and workers in manufacturing. Here is the kicker US manufacturers can not fill the jobs they have open! Are you or your kids going to work in a factory? It is absolutely crazy to think the US workforce will leave high paying service sector jobs to work at a factory make cheap crap. I really do not understand this longing to be in a factory. Oh wait you just want everyone else to be in a factory while you keep your nice white collar job? |
I think you're getting confused with the actions of Trump Adviser (and insider trader) Stephen Miller. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/stephen-miller-minerals-stake-ethics.html Stephen Miller’s Stock Sale Raises Questions, Ethics Experts Say Mr. Miller, one of President Trump’s top advisers, sold shares in the mining company MP Materials following a lucrative deal between the company and the government. Stephen Miller, a top adviser to President Trump, sold shares worth $50,000 to $100,000 in the mining company MP Materials following a July announcement of a lucrative deal between the Las Vegas company and the Trump administration, government filings show. The sale came one month after the Trump administration announced an extraordinary series of measures to support MP Materials, which produces valuable rare earth minerals and magnets. The deal, which included the government purchasing shares in the company and committing to buy its products, led MP Materials’ share price to skyrocket. |
Lmao, Trump is agreeing to sell them chips that will allow them to take the lead in AI and make trillions over time. He’s always trump first, Americans last. Can you imagine Trump caring enough about American workers to do anything that benefits them? He HATES American workers. |
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I agree with you but Trump has built his wile life on short sighted material crap. He is no friend to the middle class of organized labor which is why pretty much all the unions were pounding pavement for Kamala. Anyone paying attention knew what a disaster he would be. Even the tariffs are a disaster because guess what all those unionized manufacturing plants need in order to run their lines? Supplied from abroad that are now tariffed. |
Why does Trump fixate on bizarre things? He sends $40 bn in our taxdollars to Argentina in a failed attempt to prop up their currency, yet he lectures Pennsylvania residents...that they don't need to buy so many dolls for their kids.
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And whatever happened to Greenland? I thought that was our highest priority back in March but he hadn’t mentioned it in months. |
Part of the agreement is that Trump , I mean the USA, will receive a 25% kickback. Hmm |
Kegsbreath said we get it as part of our global influence, and China gets all of Asia, and Russia takes Europe. It’s in the plans. |
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I wonder if he heard people talking about the fact that he hasn’t held a rally since he took office, and lost touch with Americans who aren’t billionaires.
He tests his messages in these crowds. I hope he realizes how poorly he’s doing. |
I’m the last to defend SM, but his sale after the deal.. isn’t that just acting on public info? Unless you have other info, we can’t waste energy fighting miller on ^ |
And this is the rehearsed and medicated version of Trump that they probably spent weeks preparing for. |