Trump traumatizes Democrats
By Ed Rogers December 6 at 2:40 PM
Donald Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States about a month ago, and he has already done two things that suggest he will bring energy and vigor to the presidency. First, he stepped in to keep a campaign promise and negotiate a deal with Carrier to keep jobs in the United States instead of moving them to Mexico. Second, he arranged to accept a phone call from Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. Can you imagine Hillary Clinton doing either of those things? No way.
And look at how liberals have reacted. No less than Lawrence Summers wrote an op-ed for The Post arguing that Trump’s actions on Carrier “could permanently damage American capitalism.” Really? Damage capitalism? Perhaps that’s a touch of hyperbole arising from the Democrats’ trauma. What has caused more damage to capitalism: Trump negotiating a quick deal to save 1,000 real jobs out in the hinterlands, or the corrosive effect of the anti-capitalist Obama presidency?
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