Article content continuedMost of those 70 million supporters are working-class Americans, many made expendable by the global supply chains that source foreign labour at a fraction of American wages. The expendables have good reason to support President Trump. He has championed the cause of American workers like no post-war president before him, and workers have been the beneficiaries of his efforts. During the final months of his presidency, President Barack Obama told American workers their jobs would never come back. And when tariffs suddenly prevented firms from moving their factories offshore, American workers got something they’ve been waiting for a long time — a real wage raise.

Source: National Post November 20, 2020 15:11 UTC