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https://politicalwire.com/2025/05/08/exchange-of-the-day-345/
Exchange of the Day
May 8, 2025 at 12:26 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard
REPORTER: The ports here in the U.S., the traffic has really slowed and now thousands of dock workers and truck drivers are worried about their jobs.
TRUMP: That means we lose less money when you say it slowed down, thats a good thing, not a bad thing.
RockRaven
(18,688 posts)He views importing something as losing, because he only has eyes for the money.
Walleye
(43,807 posts)Nor does Elon. They never will.
malaise
(292,692 posts)I got mine - eff the peons
Walleye
(43,807 posts)What a kind, civilized, thoughtful man Joe is. Im not even sure Trump is a man.
usonian
(23,513 posts)https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220281483
choie
(6,601 posts)Hes a sociopathic ass
Ocelot II
(129,019 posts)If you don't buy any products you aren't paying out any money so you're actually making money. The fact that you don't have the products you need or want doesn't matter because you still have the money. Having to pay anybody for anything means you're getting ripped off, which is why Trump is infamous for not paying his bills.
hlthe2b
(112,794 posts)malaise
(292,692 posts)the ethnic composition of truck drivers in the United States is predominantly white (70.9%), followed by Black or African American (16.1%), Hispanic or Latino (10.1%), and Asian (2.9%).
There are over 135,072 dock workers currently employed in the United States.
7.1% of all dock workers are women, while 92.9% are men.
The average dock worker age is 39 years old.
The most common ethnicity of dock workers is White (57.3%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (18.2%), Black or African American (13.2%) and Asian (5.1%).
In 2022, women earned 96% of what men earned.
markodochartaigh
(5,015 posts)Trump's absolute lack of empathy, intelligence, and business acumen, and his personal history of extreme privilege mirror so many terrible bosses.
Xavier Breath
(6,470 posts)The party of family values strikes again.
Nanjeanne
(6,506 posts)any other bills, dont buy food or spend any money on entertainment or clothes or anything else I save thousands of dollars every month. Its fantastic how much I can save!
mcar
(45,661 posts)that if fewer people were tested, there'd be fewer cases.
Baitball Blogger
(51,696 posts)This is probably why he bankrupted so many companies. And surely, never thought of the workers who relied on wages to feed their families.