Vance's populism is much discussed but it is a thin fiction, consisting mostly of public remarks rather than legislation or work history. Before he was a senator, he worked in venture capital for Peter Thiel, a tech billionaire known for his far-right views. If Vance somehow harbored an undetectable commitment to the plight of the working class, he clearly abandoned it when he joined the Trump ticket.
Trump's record - as president and as a businessman - spoke for itself. During his first term in office, he appointed the wealthiest cabinet in history and passed tax cuts that enriched corporations and America's wealthiest households. There was never any reason to believe that Trump's GOP would stop "catering to Wall Street," as Vance once put it, and now we see exactly how little his promises meant.
Collection
[
|
...
]