Of us who voted for President Donald Trump in all probability didn’t assume they have been making a option to have dearer cherries — or none in any respect — however that is only one of many impolite awakenings going through those that put the con man again into the Oval Workplace.
Because of the Trump administration’s excessive onerous line on undocumented immigrants, Washington cherry growers are desperate to find pickers. Those that normally do the choosing are largely migrants who’re staying away from the job for concern that ICE will present up and nab them. So, the cherry crop could rot on the timber.
Chances are high excessive that the individuals who personal these orchards, like farmers throughout the nation, have been additionally Trump voters, since rural Individuals lean closely Republican. They knew Trump was speaking about mass deportations; did they not assume he can be coming after the employees who deliver of their crops?
A variety of Trump voters figured what Trump actually meant to do was tighten up the border and go after criminals who’re within the nation illegally. It seems the overwhelming majority of immigrants are simply hardworking individuals who do all of the unappealing however economically important jobs that U.S. residents shun. In consequence, the president can not obtain his dream (or nightmare) of deporting tens of millions of so-called illegals with out rounding up noncitizens who’re law-abiding, taxpaying members of our communities.
After which there are the allegedly sensible businessmen, together with a number of Silicon Valley titans, who backed Trump to get a tax reduce and deregulation, however who’ve, as a substitute, gotten financial chaos, because of Trump’s bizarre devotion to tariffs. Shock once more!
Plus, there are the isolationist proper wingers like Tucker Carlson who believed Trump when he stated he was going to remain out of overseas conflicts. It seems Trump is dazzled by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s unrepentant bellicosity in Gaza and Iran, so, as a substitute of chasing after a Nobel Peace Prize, the president determined to assault Iran with bunker busting bombs.
From my observations of Trump supporters over the past decade, beginning with a Trump marketing campaign rally in Phoenix in 2015, I’d say most of them see in Trump what they wish to see, not the individual he actually is — an erratic, narcissistic entertainer who follows his personal unusual whims and forgets any guarantees he has made as quickly as he will get distracted by the most recent shiny object.
If all of us by some means survive the following 4 years, can we please observe the recommendation of the Who and ensure “we don’t get fooled once more?”
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