When Donald Trump ran for president, a lot of people claimed
he was the candidate of the working class. This was said by a lot of his
supporters and many of them actually are working class people. To those of us
one the left, who have studied Marxism and the various “working class” related
theories, calling Trump “working class” seemed absurd. For one thing he is
a $billionaire. He has never been poor enough that he needed an actual
working class job. He never worked in a factory. He never worked as a fast food
person. He was born into money and he has had plenty of it his whole life.
According to MATTHEW CHOI,
writing for Politico
Trump’s attitude towards working people:
“This really does have a higher
purpose than next week’s pay,” Trump said during a news conference…..
…….. When asked whether there
would be any safety net for federal employees who don’t get paid because of the
shutdown, Trump said: “Well, the safety net is going to be having a strong
border because we’re going to be safe.”
And in a different article in Politico:
Senate Minority Leader Chuck
Schumer said Trump told Democrats on Friday that he was willing to extend the
shutdown for “months or even years” to get the funding he wanted, an account
Trump confirmed during the news conference.
The president said a resolution
could come soon, though, and he added that he believes federal employees are
fine with the shutdown continuing.
“I think if you ever really
looked at those people,” Trump said, “I think they would say, ‘Mr. President,
keep going.’”
His words speak volumes for those who believe he stands for
working class people. He has no idea how hard these weeks without pay can be.
People lose a lot from being denied their pay. Many of these people have had to
barrow money just to survive. Much of the damage is irreversible. Some of these
people have sold their prized possessions to survive this. And if most or all
of these people were to quit these government jobs, the effects on society
would be catastrophic. Trump has no clue as to what it is like to be without an
income. He has never experienced what it is like to be working class.
Many working class people can identify with his crude, shoot
from the hip remarks. I constantly hear working class people say “he talks the
way I do.” Maybe he does. But that only proves he can regurgitate vulgar
unrefined speech. He is vulgar and unrefined. Just because he can speak like
the working class doesn’t mean he understands what it is like to be working
class. He is a $billionaire. He has never had the problems of a working class
person and his attitudes toward those who work prove that well.
Those who believe he is a working class hero need to learn
to distinguish between a vulgar oaf and a person who seriously knows what working
class people go through to survive. Working class people would be better served
to look into the career of such people as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She
actually knows what working class people need to survive here in this country.
She can better serve working class people. Trump hasn’t a clue!?
Any working class person who identifies with Trump is
seriously misguided. And that is a major problem with this country today—working
class people who just don’t have a clue. Ignorance is a dangerous thing in
today’s world.
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