Summary
Trump announced plans to block Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel, drawing backlash from many steelworkers who previously supported him.
While some, including United Steelworkers president David McCall, oppose the deal over concerns about job security and unfulfilled promises, others fear blocking it could harm the struggling U.S. steel industry.
Trump’s stance has been criticized as a “gut punch” by union leaders like Jason Zugai, who had expected him to support the deal after the election.
Critics argue Trump has offered no alternative plan to invest in U.S. steel plants if the deal is blocked.
The collective amnesia / cognitive dissonance in regards to the grifter in chief’s first term is astonishing.
You have that shit blaring at you with the screens bright fast ads, pumped full of high fructose, QVC is now … the entire internet… no education on disinformation, tired and worn down from overworking and penny pinching… what do we expect from people?
It takes a special type of stupid to be in a union and support any Republican ever.
L, and might I add, OL.
Hopefully that gut punch was hard enough to be remembered at the next election.
Spoiler: ah nevermind. We all know
Man, media can really frame anything to get people to support it. Suddenly folks here love corporate mega mergers.
Yeah. “We found a union member completely unaware that they’re absolutely statistically guaranteed to be fucked by this merger, who is also shocked that Trump doesn’t give a shit what any union member thinks.”
Reactionaries gonna react
Trump doesn’t have a plan? Preposterous! He is the most smartestest, rootin-tootinest, bleached-asshole-eyed, super-businessed traitor. He has so many plans. Beautiful plans. Some nice men with clothes adorned with ancient spirtual iconography told him so at the rally.
Lol, fuckem.
