Trump's biggest enemy: poor people
Ross Barkan
... Trump’s truest enemy isn’t any card-carrying journalist, progressive Democrat, or disgruntled member of the Deep State. It’s any American who doesn’t have much money.
The irony of Trump was always his tin pot populism, speaking to people’s economic anxiety while doing everything possible to screw them over. It’s a testament to his cult of personality that he even retains the little popularity he has.
Trump’s most dramatic move yet to dismantle Obamacare will surely punish many of the poor people who voted for him and the rest who didn’t. It will hurt the sickest and most vulnerable. More than anything else, that is Trump’s modus operandi.
On Thursday, the White House announced that it would scrap subsidies to health insurance companies that help pay out-of-pocket costs for low-income people. This move came hours after Trump said cheaper policies with fewer benefits and protections for consumers would eventually hit the market ...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/14/trumps-biggest-enemy-isnt-the-media-its-poor-people
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