How Trump is gathering power by giving money to the rich - and red meat to angry whites - Robt Reich
ROBERT REICH
22 MAY 2018 AT 08:10 ET
Trumps strategy for keeping power is to build up his coalition of Americas white working class and the nations ownership class.
Its a curious coalition, to say the least. But if Democrats dont respond to it, it could protect Trump from impeachment and even re-elect him. It just might create a permanent Republican majority around an axis of white resentment and great wealth.
Two decades ago, Democrats and Republicans competed over the middle class. They battled over soccer moms and suburban swing voters.
Since then the middle class has shrunk while the working class has grown, and vast wealth has been accumulated by a comparative few who now own a large portion of America. Some of their wealth has taken over American politics.
Enter Trump.
Counties whose voters shifted from Obama to Trump in 2016 had lost economic ground to the rest of America, even more than did solidly-Republican counties. Trump is counting on the unwavering support of these mostly white working class voters.
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