A Voice from the Mountains
24th January 2017, 04:50
You can pick up a history textbook and read about the rise and fall of political parties in the US: Federalists, Whigs, Know-Nothings, Anti-Masons, etc.
The Republicans and Democrats have had their own rises and falls, but seem to always find a way to reincarnate with the same name, in a different form.
Well ladies and gentleman, welcome to history in the making, as another incarnation of the Democratic party is slowly dismantled, piece-by-piece.
Trump Wins The Unions: Teamsters Praise TPP Withdrawal, Labor Chiefs Describe "Incredible" Meeting With Trump
Shortly after Donald Trump made good on one of his core campaign promises on Monday morning by signing an executive order formally withdrawing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade deal, Trump told labor union leaders that he would renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement "at the appropriate time."
The remarks came at the start of a meeting at the White House with leaders of construction, carpenters, plumbers and sheet metal unions, during which Trump pledged to stop trade deals that harmed American workers.
According to the White House, participants included North America's Building Trades Unions President Sean McGarvey, Laborers' International Union of North America President Terry O'Sullivan, SMART sheet metal workers' union President Joseph Sellers, United Brotherhood of Carpenters President Doug McCarron and Mark McManus, president of the United Association that represents plumbers, pipefitters, welders and others. The union meeting also included several local union officials and follows a gathering of 12 chief executives of large companies at the White House to discuss revitalizing the U.S. manufacturing economy.
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But even more notable, was the dramatic pivot by the US labor unions, historically stalwart democrat supporters, who have suddenly emerged as big supporters of Trump policies, and perhaps no one more so than AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka who said TPP withdrawal is "a good first step toward building trade policies that benefit workers."
As a reminder, nearly all major unions endorsed Trump's rival, Hillary Clinton, during the presidential election campaign: they now appear to be shifting their allegiance.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-23/labor-unions-pivot-praise-trumps-tpp-withdrawal-describe-meeting-president-incredibl
In other words that infamous "blue wall" of Minnesota, Michigan and Pennsylvania, that Trump could never breach (supposedly) is now about to be shattered permanently, and rebuilt into a big, beautiful Trump wall.
Bringing back industries such as automobile manufacturers to these states will cement that support from a grass-roots level as people go back to work making American-built cars and trucks, and hopefully bringing an end to the terrible stagnation of cities like Detroit and Cleveland.
President Donald Trump to meet with Detroit Three automakers
WASHINGTON — Moving quickly on a promise to spark job creation in the manufacturing sector, President Donald Trump will meet with the CEOs of the Detroit Three automakers on Tuesday morning at the White House.
http://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/23/ford-ceo-other-michigan-business-leaders-meet-president-trump/96945350/
For Democrats to lose their urban and suburban support base in states like Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania will be 100% fatal, not only to their chances of winning the 2020 presidential election, but to their national political viability in general.
As liberal as New York and California are, they can't support the Democratic party on a national level by themselves, and even states like Colorado are flirting with flipping Republican in this new era of politics.
To put this all in perspective, remember the words of one of Trump's closest and most trusted advisors, Steve Bannon:
"If we deliver" — by "we" he means the Trump White House — "we'll get 60 percent of the white vote, and 40 percent of the black and Hispanic vote and we'll govern for 50 years. That's what the Democrats missed. They were talking to these people with companies with a $9 billion market cap employing nine people. It's not reality. They lost sight of what the world is about."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steve-bannon-trump-tower-interview-trumps-strategist-plots-new-political-movement-948747
Fifty years? That takes us all the way to 2067. Surely legitimate political opposition will have regained its senses by then?
The Republicans and Democrats have had their own rises and falls, but seem to always find a way to reincarnate with the same name, in a different form.
Well ladies and gentleman, welcome to history in the making, as another incarnation of the Democratic party is slowly dismantled, piece-by-piece.
Trump Wins The Unions: Teamsters Praise TPP Withdrawal, Labor Chiefs Describe "Incredible" Meeting With Trump
Shortly after Donald Trump made good on one of his core campaign promises on Monday morning by signing an executive order formally withdrawing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade deal, Trump told labor union leaders that he would renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement "at the appropriate time."
The remarks came at the start of a meeting at the White House with leaders of construction, carpenters, plumbers and sheet metal unions, during which Trump pledged to stop trade deals that harmed American workers.
According to the White House, participants included North America's Building Trades Unions President Sean McGarvey, Laborers' International Union of North America President Terry O'Sullivan, SMART sheet metal workers' union President Joseph Sellers, United Brotherhood of Carpenters President Doug McCarron and Mark McManus, president of the United Association that represents plumbers, pipefitters, welders and others. The union meeting also included several local union officials and follows a gathering of 12 chief executives of large companies at the White House to discuss revitalizing the U.S. manufacturing economy.
[...]
But even more notable, was the dramatic pivot by the US labor unions, historically stalwart democrat supporters, who have suddenly emerged as big supporters of Trump policies, and perhaps no one more so than AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka who said TPP withdrawal is "a good first step toward building trade policies that benefit workers."
As a reminder, nearly all major unions endorsed Trump's rival, Hillary Clinton, during the presidential election campaign: they now appear to be shifting their allegiance.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-23/labor-unions-pivot-praise-trumps-tpp-withdrawal-describe-meeting-president-incredibl
In other words that infamous "blue wall" of Minnesota, Michigan and Pennsylvania, that Trump could never breach (supposedly) is now about to be shattered permanently, and rebuilt into a big, beautiful Trump wall.
Bringing back industries such as automobile manufacturers to these states will cement that support from a grass-roots level as people go back to work making American-built cars and trucks, and hopefully bringing an end to the terrible stagnation of cities like Detroit and Cleveland.
President Donald Trump to meet with Detroit Three automakers
WASHINGTON — Moving quickly on a promise to spark job creation in the manufacturing sector, President Donald Trump will meet with the CEOs of the Detroit Three automakers on Tuesday morning at the White House.
http://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/23/ford-ceo-other-michigan-business-leaders-meet-president-trump/96945350/
For Democrats to lose their urban and suburban support base in states like Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania will be 100% fatal, not only to their chances of winning the 2020 presidential election, but to their national political viability in general.
As liberal as New York and California are, they can't support the Democratic party on a national level by themselves, and even states like Colorado are flirting with flipping Republican in this new era of politics.
To put this all in perspective, remember the words of one of Trump's closest and most trusted advisors, Steve Bannon:
"If we deliver" — by "we" he means the Trump White House — "we'll get 60 percent of the white vote, and 40 percent of the black and Hispanic vote and we'll govern for 50 years. That's what the Democrats missed. They were talking to these people with companies with a $9 billion market cap employing nine people. It's not reality. They lost sight of what the world is about."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steve-bannon-trump-tower-interview-trumps-strategist-plots-new-political-movement-948747
Fifty years? That takes us all the way to 2067. Surely legitimate political opposition will have regained its senses by then?