Thursday, September 07, 2017

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: DID TRUMP LIE ABOUT PUTTING AMERICAN WORKERS FIRST?



COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY MICHAEL PAARLBERG IN THE GUARDIAN


Trump promised to put American workers first. He lied

I don't think he lied.

He just promised what every American politician promises, something he absolutely cannot deliver.

No different than Obama's "Yes, we can!"

Yes, we can what? Nothing ever happened, except wars.

No one has done anything for American workers in decades.

The New Deal ethic of the Democratic Party long ago died and went to heaven with the Democrats becoming the War Party.

Obama was faithful to that new tradition.

Trump's only "effort" at getting work for American workers seems to be through trade wars and attacking free trade deals.

That ain't going to work and could prove disastrous to a feeble world economy, as in helping precipitate a great depression.

After all a stupid American tariff-on-trade bill - Smoot-Hawley - helped with the Great Depression.