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I've said this before and I'll say it again. Their racism ties are stronger than their union ties.
They voted for him for their prejudices, not for their workers rights.
They're going to get the racism they wanted, they just thought he'd also support their unions. They're upset they can't get both things, but they won't trade their racism for union support, even now. They want both, but if they can have only one, it's racism. They'll just bitch about this.
If tariffs are increased and migration reduced, there is a good chance the working class will get more economic power long term. The inflation will sky rocket, but so may blue collar salaries. I believe that's i big reason why Trump won. Sometimes the gut or common sense triumphs the neoliberal dogma.
I doubt salaries will skyrocket, sure there will be more people being hired to meet domestic demand increasing but I doubt that companies will actually pay more to their employees. And even if they do I can't imagine that it will be a significant increase when taking into account the inflation that will be caused.
The tariffs don't mean that there will be an increase in domestic production. It means manufacturers will seek out a different source for cheap materials. If those happen to be domestic, that's good. Most likely they will be from some other nation like India.
Yeah I agree, I was just looking at it from the best case scenario that might lead to salary increases to show that even then it probably won't happen.