TRUMP POSITIONS
“Donald Trump's campaign first attracted attention, in the press and
among Republican voters, when he disparaged Mexican immigrants. Since he
entered the race, in June, slurs and feuds have been the mainstay of his media
among Republican voters, when he disparaged Mexican immigrants. Since he
entered the race, in June, slurs and feuds have been the mainstay of his media
image. Less widely discussed are his positions on working-and-middle-class
concerns like trade, and entitlements. In his scattershot, get-out-of-my-way
fashion, Trump has vowed to rewrite trade deals involving China, impose tariffs
on the products of American companies that send manufacturing overseas, leave
Social Security and Medicare alone, and raise taxes on hedge-fund managers.
.('I want to save the middle class. The hedge-fund guys didn't build this country.
These are guys that shift paper around and they get lucky.’) To the re:ormocons'
dismay, Trump has commaneered their target audience and tainted their
high-minded proposals.”
concerns like trade, and entitlements. In his scattershot, get-out-of-my-way
fashion, Trump has vowed to rewrite trade deals involving China, impose tariffs
on the products of American companies that send manufacturing overseas, leave
Social Security and Medicare alone, and raise taxes on hedge-fund managers.
.('I want to save the middle class. The hedge-fund guys didn't build this country.
These are guys that shift paper around and they get lucky.’) To the re:ormocons'
dismay, Trump has commaneered their target audience and tainted their
high-minded proposals.”
Packer, George, “The Republican Class War,” pp: 26-34 (28), The
New Yorker, November 9, 2015.
