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Cheating, scamming and ripping off workers is a Donald Trump tradition that goes back decades. Federal workers are just Trump’s latest victims.

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For decades, Trump repeatedly didn’t pay those who worked for him, and now that he’s in the White House, little has changed. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers and employees of federal contractors are suffering the same fate because of the shutdown. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
Trump has glibly claimed that “workers will make adjustments” and that he “can relate,” which is pretty rich coming from a six-time bankrupt real estate mogul who inherited his daddy’s fortune.
Working families who are living paycheck to paycheck and can no longer afford to pay for rent, groceries and medical bills because of Trump’s reckless shutdown have every right to be furious at the president’s oblivious and patronizing remarks.
As a candidate, Trump promised, “the American worker will finally have a president who will protect them and fight for them,” but as president, he has betrayed workers at every turn.
From rolling back health, safety and wage protections to misleading coal miners to tax giveaways for billionaires and big corporations that left most Americans with a pittance, it should be obvious by now that Trump holds working people beneath contempt.
Trump’s new Washington hotel — located just blocks from the White House —owes electricians, wood workers and a plumbing and heating business more than $5 million for unpaid labor. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Nothing shows Trump's support for American workers like making Trump 2020 swag in China. huffingtonpost.com/entry/photos-s…
Three Trump properties in New York and Florida posted 144 openings for seasonal jobs from 2016 to the end of 2017.

Only one went to a U.S. worker. vox.com/2018/2/13/1646…
Bottom line: Donald Trump has been denying workers their paychecks for decades. Ripping off hardworking Americans is just how Trump operates, whether he’s in business or government.
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