Trump is wrong about what American workers want from him

President Donald Trump has staked much of his second-term political identity on being the champion of the American worker. Central to that identity is his sweeping tariff crusade, pitched as a way to protect workers against unfair competition from abroad. But there’s a problem: Workers aren’t buying it.

A new national survey of more than 1,500 U.S. workers (defined as adults employed or looking for work) conducted by the Economic Innovation Group and Echelon Insights reveals a dangerous disconnect between the president’s signature priority and the issues workers care about most.

Far from sharing Trump’s protectionist instincts, American workers said the United States should pursue free trade with other nations by a decisive 51-point margin. Workers were also far more likely to view imports positively (41 percent) or neutrally (27 percent) than as a career threat (22 percent).

This helps explain why, when asked which single issue elected officials should prioritize to help American workers, respondents ranked tariffs dead last. And when asked which issue workers least wanted lawmakers to pursue, they put tariffs at the top of the list by a wide margin. In fact, tariffs were the least popular option across almost every demographic — men and women, White and non-White, college and non-college-educated, old and young, urban and rural.

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In other words Donny Dipshit is clueless.