Trump, Who Deregulated the Railroad Industry, Lies to the People of Ohio in His Visit

[Nevilledog]

https://newrepublic.com/post/170727/trump-deregulated-railroad-industry-lies-people-ohio-visit

No paywall
https://archive.is/TDzEA

Almost three weeks after the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials in Ohio, twice-impeached former President Donald Trump visited and lied to the people of East Palestine, all to score a few photo ops.

Appearing alongside Senator JD Vance, Trump kept his public remarks short, focusing mainly on securing his photo ops, dropping in the occasional quip about Biden visiting Ukraine one year after it was invaded by Russia, and claiming that Biden and FEMA said “they would not send federal aid to East Palestine under any circumstance,” which is not true.

When later asked by a reporter about his administration overturning an Obama-era rule requiring better braking systems for trains carrying hazardous materials, he lied again, saying his administration had nothing to do with it.

Trump otherwise kept his visit brief, allowing the cameras to focus on his organized donations of “Trump water,” “much lesser quality water,” and other goods to the community, in order to avoid actual accountability for his role in leading up to disasters like that in East Palestine. Indeed, during his presidency, Trump oversaw numerous corporate-friendly deregulatory measures that made railroads less safe for the public, and more profitable for companies like Norfolk Southern.

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[elleng]

1. Sorry, but facts matter.

tmp did not deregulate the railroad industry,

Congress chose deregulation. The Staggers Rail Act of 1980 eliminated most rate regulation, allowed railroads and shippers to sign confidential contracts, and established time limits for regulators to approve discontinuations of unprofitable service and mergers.

With the passage of the Staggers rail Act of 1980 and its implementation by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC, now the Surface Transportation Board (STB)), many regulatory restraints on the railroad industry were removed, providing the industry increased flexibility to adjust their rates and tailor services

https://railroads.dot.gov/sites/fra.dot.gov/files/fra_net/1645/STAGGER_%20RAIL_ACT_OF_1980_updated_31811.pdf

((I worked at the Interstate Commerce Commission from 1978, at at STB until it shrank.))

P.S, AIR industry 'deregulated' under President Carter. Airline deregulation is the process of removing government-imposed entry and price restrictions on airlines affecting, in particular, the carriers permitted to serve specific routes. In the United States, the term usually applies to the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_deregulation#:~:text=Airline%20deregulation%20is%20the%20process,Airline%20Deregulation%20Act%20of%201978.

[republianmushroom]

2. In the past 6 years he has been telling lies or half truths apprx. 40,000 times

and his base still believes him
do you think this will be any different, don't think so, not to his base it will not.

[napi21]

3. No, but if his llies about deregulating the RR's MAYBE somew of those diehard Repugs in Ohio can

be convinced never to vote for the Orange AH again! Ohio used to be a rather purple state. Mayabe exposingd DT for what he really is will help wash out some of that red and mak it nore purple again.