President Donald Trump's vision of America's tomorrows looks much like its yesterdays. Trump glorifies the muscle and sweat (but not the labor unions) of those who toil in factories and till the soil, like those idealized depictions of labor in century-old murals . A meat and potatoes man,
1 / 2Retro TrumpFILE - In this March 2, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump listens during a briefing on nuclear aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport, Va. Trump’s vision of America’s tomorrows looks much like its yesterdays. He loves “beautiful” coal. “Beautiful” warships. And “those four beautiful words: MADE IN THE USA!” He speaks of the country’s might as measured by its steel mills, farms and cars rolling off Detroit assembly lines.
He's had it out for those newfangled light bulbs for years, ever since he warned flatly and falsely that they "can cause cancer." U.S. prosperity has been driven for decades by services, technology and new things, not the grunt work of old that is celebrated by Trump. He sees trade in terms of the exchange of goods and he ignores services, where long-standing U.S. strength in global competitiveness does not fit his world view of an America under siege by rapacious traders like China.
Trump's throwback tendencies are not unique in leadership. Ronald Reagan could be steeped in sentimentality, too, if without the sharp edges of this president. By its nature, such cultural observers say, collective nostalgia is history seen through a veil, with old hardships and prejudices put out of mind in favor of wistful remembrance."You cherry-pick things," Rein said.
The auto industry, instead of being relieved, warned that their vehicles will become less competitive globally if the incentive to increase fuel efficiency is lost. Trump called them"politically correct Automobile Companies."
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