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FightFight

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Sat Oct 5, 2024, 02:49 PM Oct 5

He deliberately hurt American workers- Under Trump. Russian steel became the oil pipleine construction choice....TRAITOR [View all]

Oct 25, 2017 - Under Trump, Made in America Was Losing Out to Russian Steel— An oligarch-owned steel company is winning pipeline contracts, and foreign steel imports were up 24 percent in 2017 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-25/under-trump-made-in-america-is-losing-out-to-russian-steel?embedded-checkout=true

ALSO IN 2017

The Trump administration approved a permit for the construction of a pipeline to carry oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast, reversing an Obama policy


WHAT A COINKYDINK

1. Raised housing payments for new homebuyers by about $500 in 2017.

2. Attacked the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule, which would have required retirement advisers to act in their clients’ best financial interest.

3. Delayed court proceedings on the Obama administration’s expansion of overtime, failing to defend the pro-worker rule.

4. Delayed enforcement of a rule to reduce workers’ exposure to deadly silica dust for three months

5. Repealed the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order, which ensured that federal contractors complied with worker protection laws before receiving govt contracts.

6. Supported efforts in Congress to cut taxes on the wealthy those monies are used to help fund the Affordable Care Act, or ACA.

7. Tried to cut his own taxes by millions of dollars while taking health insurance from tens of millions of Americans.

8. Assembled a team of wealthy financial industry elites to advise him on tax reform, which he promised would benefit the middle class but really benefitted the rich

9. Made it harder for veterans to find jobs with a federal hiring freeze.

10. Proposed budget cuts that would devastate rural America.

11. Proposed dramatically slashing job training programs and worker wage and safety enforcement.

12. Proposed budget cuts that would increase roadway congestion and reduce economic productivity.

13. Proposed budget cuts that would threaten billions in loans and investments to distressed communities.

14. Reneged on his promise to disclose his tax returns

15. Proposed $6.7 billion cut to housing and community support programs.

16. Attacked neutral budget analysts so that lawmakers ignore negative effects from their policies.

17. Undermined investor protection by making it harder for the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, to hold Wall Street accountable.

18. Proposed funding cuts for programs that help support and encourage small business development.

19. Attempted to make it harder for entrepreneurs to get access to affordable health.

20. Proposed leaving 23,000 calls for help unanswered from disaster-struck Americans.

21. Proposed slashing the WIC program.

22. Proposed elimination of the HOME Investment Partnerships Program.

23. Proposed eliminating NeighborWorks America.

24. Proposed cuts to energy programs that save people money.

25. Allowed a dangerous pesticide to stay on the market, despite it being a threat to children’s health.

26. Eliminated pollution standards for power plants and oil and gas facilities.

27. Proposed cutting EPA programs to clean up water sources.

28. Proposed eliminating programs at the EPA dedicated to preventing children’s exposure to lead-based paint, which can cause neurological delays.

29. Rolled back important protections for drinking water in coal communities.

30. Repealed anti-bribery rule to the delight of the oil industry.

31. Proposed major cuts to the Department of the Interior’s budget that would impair critical maintenance of our national parks while making a public show of supporting them.

32. Moved to weaken air quality standards for ozone.

33. Stopped rules that would limit dumping toxins from power plants.

34. Proposed budget cuts to that will cause 5.7 million low-income residents to lose assistance with their heating bills and about 673,000 to lose cooling assistance.

35. Brought pay-to-play corruption to the presidency.

36. Undermined transparency and accountability by continuing to hide his tax returns and withholding White House visitor logs.

37. Signed a law that weakens the firearms background check system and undermines enforcement of the current law that prohibits certain individuals with a serious mental illness from gun possession.

38. #Made it easier for fugitives to buy guns.

39. Attempted to repeal the ACA.

40. Undermined the ACA marketplace.

41. Began to undermine Medicaid.

42. Proposed cutting funds for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program

43. Proposed deep cuts to programs that help make college more accessible and affordable for low-income students and students of color

44. Rescinded protections for student loan borrowers.

45. Failed to help students when a critical resource for financial aid and loan repayment was shut down.

46. Endangered students by appointing for-profit college officials to top positions.

47. Proposed completely eliminating federal funding for after-school programs.

48. Proposed completely eliminating federal funding to support teacher quality

49. Nominated the highly unqualified and anti-public school Betsy DeVos as secretary of education.

50. Rescinded the Obama administration’s regulations that supported school accountability under the new Every Student Succeeds Act.

51. Rescinded the Obama administration’s regulations that supported improving teacher preparation programs.

52. Proposed cutting $9 billion from public education while spending $1.4 billion on school choice

53. Proposed cutting crucial support for school reform efforts.

54. Undermined the legitimacy of the court system.

55. Attempted to bring back the war on drugs. The outdated strategy was ineffective and caused long-term devastation to thousands of families

56. reversed the Obama era Department of Justice’s order to stop contracting with private prison facilities.

57. Erased LGBTQ people from federal surveys, making it impossible to know if government programs serve them fairly.

58. Proposed slashing funding for research to cure HIV/AIDS.

59. Made Americans less safe from the Islamic State, or ISIS

59. Made Americans more vulnerable to pandemic diseases such as Zika and Ebola. Massive cuts in aid, diplomacy, and health proposed in President Trump’s FY 2017

60. Undermined American jobs and security by ceding global leadership to Beijing

61. Threatened national security and hurt the integrity of America’s democracy by an ongoing lack of transparency and refusal to disclose details about his finances and ties to Russia.

62. ABSOLUTELY REFUSES TO MAKE HIS BRAND NAMED PRODUCTS IN AMERICA, EVEN WHILE HOSTING A MADE IN AMERICA WEEK,

63. Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort applies for 70 foreign worker visas during 'Made in America' week

64. Labor Shortage Leaves $13 Million in Crops to Rot in Fields More Mexican Immigrants are Leaving the U.S. Than Arriving

65. Trump's Approach To The Opioid Epidemic: Neglect Treatment, Ignore

66. Trumpcare Could Wipe Out Nearly a Million Jobs

67. Trump's trade war was a diasaster

68. Hurricane season and Tornado Season in effect with nobody in charge at FEMA or NOAA

69. U.S. will lose jobs if it quits Paris climate deal: U.N.

70. Three Coal Plants Close the Same Day Trump Cannot Save The Coal Industry

71. Trump Wants To Defund Programs That Help Small Farmers Survive

72. Trump angers US farmers by lifting ban on Argentine lemons - There is a Trump tower in Argentina that probably had something to do with it

73. House Republicans would raise the risk of another financial crisis

74. So Much Winning - Saudis take 100% control of America's largest oil refinery

75. Trump's 1st economic report card: Slowest growth in 3 years

76. MAKE AMERICA BROKE AGAIN Economists Fear Trump’s Tax Plan Only Heightens a ‘Mountain of Debt'

77. Trump Slump Retailers going bankrupt at a staggering rate

78. Trump's Broken Promises: More War Abroad and Less Security at Home

77. INSTEAD OF AMERICAN STEEL RUSSIAN STEEL WILL BE USED FOR THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE, LOL ? JOBS?

79. Trump family's lavish lifestyle could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions over 4 years

82. Failed to encourage reinvestment in public universities thus reducing future new companies, stunting GDP growth and turning MAGA into a lie.

83. Lets Republicans who pump up the military budget call themselves "fiscal conservatives."

88. Monthly Federal Spending Tops $400 Billion for First Time in June, I guess Deficits dont matter huh?
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