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With Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve.
THE BIG IDEA: President Trump sometimes seems impervious to the second and third order consequences of his decisions. Several recent developments have highlighted the unintended though often foreseeable consequences the presidents policies are having on his own supporters.
In many cases, hes following through on campaign promises like cutting the flow of immigrants, renegotiating trade deals and rolling back regulations put in place by Barack Obama. But in the deeply interconnected global economy, the devil is always in the details and the implementation of some policies may do more to hurt than help the people who put their faith in him to fix their problems.
Here are four examples:
-- Small business owners who voted for Trump might be forced to shut down because the president is making it harder for them to hire guest workers.
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-- General Motors is cutting its second shift at the Lordstown Assembly plant outside of Youngtown, Ohio, next month. The move could cost 1,500 jobs at the 3,000-employee plant that builds the Chevrolet Cruze. This is in the heart of the Mahoning Valley, long a Democratic stronghold that broke toward Trump in 2016 because of his popularity with the kinds of blue-collar workers who are about to lose their jobs or reluctantly take buyouts.
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-- Ironically, gas prices might go up because Trump pulled out of the Iranian nuclear agreement last week. (Iran is the worlds fifth-biggest oil producer.)
-- The presidents decision to pull out of the Iran deal, and reimpose sanctions, will cost Boeing contracts worth as much as $20 billion to replenish Irans aging fleet of commercial planes. The Chicago-based aerospace giant downplayed the impact last week, noting that theres already a backlog of orders for 737 aircraft so production wont slow. But $20 billion in planes represents quite a lot of manufacturing work. Those jobs will now go to other countries specifically Russia.
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catbyte
(34,174 posts)voted their bigotry and misogyny and here's what it's gotten them. The only ones I feel badly for are the Democrats who didn't betray their principles and are now hurt by those who did.
lame54
(35,141 posts)Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)That's kind of like claiming you didn't mean for someone to die when you decided to shoot the store up. Because, golly, you were just angry at the store...not the people.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)Demsrule86
(68,352 posts)every election...every presidential year in Ohio promises are made and then reneged on...I hope we come up with a manufacturing plan...saying the jobs won't come back won't cut it.
davekriss
(4,608 posts)Every modern Republican administration has resulted in deep recessions causing loss of jobs, loss of middle class wealth, and reduction in the quality of life for all but the topi of our socio-economic hierarchy. Its much worse when theres a Republican President, Republican Senate, and Republican House. They are just toxic for Main Street economy. You know, where most of us live.
Facts are facts, right-wing lurkers.
Demsrule86
(68,352 posts)Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)Demsrule86
(68,352 posts)Those were good paying jobs and the steel jobs are shit money and not enough steel left to really do any good...so you are wrong.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)Demsrule86
(68,352 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)2020 will be too late to reverse this.
Demsrule86
(68,352 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)Im usually an optimist and I know what you mean, but it wont just be a matter of reversing what hes done and will do. Where our country fails other countries will take up the slack. Theyll have to just to survive.
Demsrule86
(68,352 posts)Demsrule86
(68,352 posts)Schumer can go to Trumpy and say...Mr. Pussy grabber, no more judges for you! I know the Senate is a longshot, but a girl can dream! But even if we just take the house, we can do some good and shut down most of his bullshit.