“I welcome their hatred”
During Trump’s presidential campaign, he talked a big game about helping working people. He spoke to the economic pains that families were feeling. He said that the system is “rigged” every day. Now that he’s president, has he done anything to actually make that problem better? Nope – Trump has further rigged the economy in favor of the wealthy and well-connected. In reality, he has surrounded himself with lobbyists, billionaires, and grifters who feed off government favors. In many cases, these special interests even run the government themselves — abusing their power and the public’s trust to scratch each other’s backs and turn their billions into hundreds of billions more. In reality, Republicans passed a bill that takes meals away from hungry children and seniors, strips health care from millions, and marks the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in our history. They smiled, clapped, and cheered when it was signed into law. In reality, Trump has done everythi...