Quite obviously, Trump’s rhetoric is entirely divorced from logic, reality, and any semblance of sanity. But that may not stop him from tapping into strong anti-establishment sentiments among America’s working-class.
Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump predicted the Republican Party will become a "worker's party" under his leadership.
“Five, 10 years from now — different party," Trump said during an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek published Thursday.
"You’re going to have a worker’s party. A party of people that haven’t had a real wage increase in 18 years, that are angry."
Trump said he thinks cutting Social Security is a "big mistake" for the party.
At first glance, it beggars belief that we could see a Republican Party start to become a champion for workers’ rights in this country. Trump is a nefarious, pathological liar.
But the Democrats really don’t have much to show for fighting for wage equality over the last 30 or so years. If, under the leadership of Hillary Clinton, we’re going to let free trade agreements coast through Congress, waffle on cutting Social Security, send our troops to war indiscriminately, red-bait Bernie Sanders supporters, fail to prosecute banks for fraudulently stripping the middle-class of the little capital they have (home equity), leave the public option out of our healthcare plans, and make fun of voters who’ve had their lives ruined for calling for a revolution…
...we’re certainly leaving the door open to the possibility.
Now, Hillary’s not necessarily responsible for the poor behavior of her supporters, nor is she responsible for everything blue-dog Bill passed in the 90’s. And she does have a liberal record on some issues.
But she hasn’t been clear with her campaign rhetoric where exactly she stands, and she will probably need to if she wants to win in 2016. And she will probably have to back this up with legislative action, lest we really get a democratic revolution in 2020 or 2024. By then, the poor and middle-class will have lost even more ground, educational debt will be even worse, and we’ll have another generation of Bernie-crats registering to vote, and another generation of McCarthy-ites to have passed away. And we may have a more telegenic, nationally-known candidate take Bernie’s place.