First, is globalization good? It depends. Free trade is not fair trade. Imports don't have to meet the same standards as domestic goods, and labor in many other nations have much poorer working conditions. Manufacturing here has largely been replaced by a service economy along with huge growth in the financial sector.
The massive increase in wealth has gone largely to the top 1%. Along with this has been an incredible rise in the national debt, largely because the party of the wealthy works hard to make sure that taxes on the rich and on large corporations are kept low. The last 40 years have seen productivity quadruple while wages, including the minimum wage, have lost ground. While the economy as a whole has grown significantly, income disparity has skyrocketed.
Are all Trump's lies based on his idea that globalization is bad? No, unless you think Trump is being truthful otherwise. That is, if you really believe Trump's claims that he is the world's foremost authority on borders, courts, debt, infrastructure, money, politicians, taxes, technology, and trade.
If you really believe that Trump knows more than all of the security and intelligence agencies. And that while Trump may not be the foremost authority on health care, you believe his claims that people cannot believe how much he knows about it. And that he gives the best speeches that even his enemies praise. And his claims that his pre-teen son Brandon knows more about hacking than anyone else, and that Jared Kushner would bring peace to the Middle East.
Trump probably claimed that his son-in-law would solve the Middle East crisis because Jared is Jewish, and so Trump would reason that not only is Jared stereotypically super-smart but also that he would be intimately familiar with Arab-Israeli politics and issues even though he has only worked in real estate.
And, of course, if you believe Trump's claim that he has never done anything that he had to ask forgiveness for.
If you believe all of the above is true, then what remains might indeed be lies based on Trump's belief that globalization is bad and America First is good.
Salon: Globalization is bad for America is the lie that all Trump's other lies are based on
The massive increase in wealth has gone largely to the top 1%. Along with this has been an incredible rise in the national debt, largely because the party of the wealthy works hard to make sure that taxes on the rich and on large corporations are kept low. The last 40 years have seen productivity quadruple while wages, including the minimum wage, have lost ground. While the economy as a whole has grown significantly, income disparity has skyrocketed.
Are all Trump's lies based on his idea that globalization is bad? No, unless you think Trump is being truthful otherwise. That is, if you really believe Trump's claims that he is the world's foremost authority on borders, courts, debt, infrastructure, money, politicians, taxes, technology, and trade.
If you really believe that Trump knows more than all of the security and intelligence agencies. And that while Trump may not be the foremost authority on health care, you believe his claims that people cannot believe how much he knows about it. And that he gives the best speeches that even his enemies praise. And his claims that his pre-teen son Brandon knows more about hacking than anyone else, and that Jared Kushner would bring peace to the Middle East.
Trump probably claimed that his son-in-law would solve the Middle East crisis because Jared is Jewish, and so Trump would reason that not only is Jared stereotypically super-smart but also that he would be intimately familiar with Arab-Israeli politics and issues even though he has only worked in real estate.
And, of course, if you believe Trump's claim that he has never done anything that he had to ask forgiveness for.
If you believe all of the above is true, then what remains might indeed be lies based on Trump's belief that globalization is bad and America First is good.
Salon: Globalization is bad for America is the lie that all Trump's other lies are based on
