Trump does not see workers as essential, he sees them as expendable.

[shockey80]

When Trump talks about the people who have died, the workers on the front line battling this virus, his words are emotionless. It's like he reading from a script that somebody told him he must read.

Trump sees workers as a tool to re-open the economy. He wants people to go back to work so the economy will improve. He does not care if they die. I have no doubt Trump will try to re-open the economy soon. Many Republican governors will listen to him.

More proof Trump is a textbook narcissist.

[Texaswitchy]

1. Yep.

He is the CDC.

[tulipsandroses]

2. Trump sees everyone as expendable. There are no limits to what

he will do to try to save his own skin. It does not matter how many lives are lost or ruined. Now that social distancing has been shown to be effective and it looks like we may have a lower death rate than previously predicted, The Fox News talking point is that shut down was unnecessary, as if losing 60,000 people instead of 100,000 people should be acceptable.
Ingram even had a banner that asked if the shutdown was to crash the economy to make Trump look bad or some bullshit like that.

[Hortensis]

3. Yup. Trump has at least one serious mental disorder.

Probably technically a sociopath without conscience and with a one-word ideology: Me.

[eppur_se_muova]

4. This is the norm for capitalism. It's been true for a long time.

Mine owners fretted over the loss of horses and mules, which represented real capital investment. The loss of a worker, whether to disease, injury, death, or firing for "uppityness", was a loss which could be remedied at no cost, and usually within the same day for little effort.

[shockey80]

5. When I was in the army I got pissed off when I learned this.

My weapon, my bed, my wall locker, etc, were considered non-expendable items. I was considered an expendable item.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Yup.

And after that USS Theodore Roosevelt debacle, my guess is that he feels the same way about sailors and soldiers. He just exalts the officers, because they are his peers. He tolerates their military talk about their soldiers, but doesn't really feel it.

[Crowman2009]

7. Also known as the Gilded age approach.

[Historic NY]

8. He spits them out like in his buisness///

that's why he likes acting secretary's and other officials they are not afforded the ability to make their mark. He's gone through over 500 people so far.

His entire life has been devote to himself over his employee's.

[rickyhall]

9. Psychopath - Serial Mass Murderer.

[pansypoo53219]

10. US serfs. thanks reagan.