Trump: The betrayal has already begun

I’m shocked, shocked I tell you. Donald Trump has already begun to betray the people who elected him, both the racist wingnuts and those driven by economic despair.

He’s recently indicated that he won’t build a wall along the entire Mexican border (an impossibility because, among other things, the Tohono O’odhams down here in Pima County won’t let him do it on their nation–their lands extend on both sides of the border), and he’s also indicated that he’ll try to reach an accommodation with the “dreamers,” non-citizens who were brought here as children, rather than deport them en masse.

As for the people devastated by deindustrialization and the recession, Trump has raised his middle finger in salute, appointing a former Goldman Sachs executive as his Secretary of the Treasury and another as head of the National Economic Council (NEC). Revealingly, Gary Cohn, the NEC appointee, was a Hillary Clinton donor. That’s not all that surprising given that Trump is surrounding himself with Clinton backers and members of Clinton’s economic team.

And all this after he slammed Hillary Clinton for taking a $5000-a-minute speaking fee from Goldman Sachs. (Nice “work” if you can get it.)

Beyond that, Trump just appointed as Secretary of Labor a fast food exec, Andrew Puzder (yes, a real name), whose firms have been accused of wage theft and who thinks the minimum wage is too high. (Reportedly, Puzder will advocate for a system of agricultural settlements in which displaced workers will work in exchange for food they raise themselves and cabins they themselves build, under the guidance of kindly overseers.)

Those who voted for Trump hoping for economic improvement in their lives are in for some rude shocks.