Episode 67
Trump's Red State Reckoning: Facing the Reality of Broken Promises
Summary:
Dr. Jim chats about the repercussions of Trump administration policies on rural communities and red states, highlighting the financial and social challenges faced by Trump voters and farmers. He discusses the potential for significant change through organized protests and nationwide strikes, urging former Trump supporters to lead the charge against policies that benefit the wealthy at the public's expense. This episode challenges listeners to confront their past voting decisions and consider strategic actions to evoke meaningful change and protect their livelihoods.
Chapters:
0:00
Salvaging Reputations and Opportunities for Trump Voters
0:23
Stories of Loss and Economic Impact on Red States
0:50
The Effect of Federal Cuts on Red States
1:47
Importance of Protesting and Striking Against Policies
3:08
Nationwide Strike as a Means for Change
4:28
Farmers' Role in Blocking Commerce to Create Change
5:32
Risk of Pride Over Practical Action for Change
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Left in Exile Intro
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Transcript
Over the last several weeks, we've started to hear more and more stories about people on the verge of losing their farms and losing their livelihoods and losing their health coverage,. We've seen all of these things start to happen, and for whatever reason, Trump voters seem stunned by it. And the ones that are most stunned are often those members of the underrepresented community who ended up voting for Trump.
these cuts are going to gut [:So that's what's happening right now. You have entire states that are faced with all sorts of budget crisis. You have people who voted for Trump in large numbers, coming to the realization that. Oh, this is gonna impact me as well. And the rest of us who had warned that this was gonna happen for years can't be faulted for saying that we don't have a lot of sympathy for these folks. It's a never ending cycle of we told you so.
understand that it was never [:That's what the real battle was. You were just fooled into thinking it was something else. Now, as these people are waking up. There's an opportunity for all of you to salvage your reputations, and all you have to do is really simple. You have to be en mass organized and leading from the front in opposition to Trump and his administration's policies.
d by the white majority, and [:This is where we shut everything off and it's gotta be disaffected Trump voters and MAGA Republicans that have to pick up the mantle. While I. Some of you may have voted on the basis of wanting a better economy. I think a lot of you are starting to realize that things are gonna get markedly worse for you, and the only way that's gonna stop is if you lead from the front. You gotta check the ego at the at the door, and you have to pick up the mantle and push forward on not only the protest side of it, but also the nationwide strike. If we cut off the revenue. For all of these billionaires that are supporting Trump, we kneecap them. You're seeing that take effect with what's happening with Tesla.
ve on pennies in a matter of [:Another opportunity you have. We've talked about a nationwide strike, but this is specific to those folks who are farmers. When you looked at various countries in Europe that started to put in laws that were damaging to their farm community, what did their farmers do?
Their farmers blocked every hi major highway with their tractors and just parked them.
Shut the entire country down. This is something that those of you in Nebraska and Iowa, and all of these different red states that have big farm communities, this is something that you could do as well. Shut your entire state down, shut the entire country down, and block traffic and make it miserable for commerce to occur.
what's more important? Is it [:Dr. Jim: You are seeing all sorts of things take place that indicate the level of anger that exists within the population when it comes to these policies that Trump is putting into place and that Elon is putting into place. Isn't it interesting how Teslas keep catching fire and charging stations keep getting blown up?
not the right direction, but [:We know what's gonna happen. We're being baited to the front lines so that Trump can leverage that as a media engineered optics opportunity to declare martial law. It's gonna be a lot tougher for him to do that if it's his former base, his former supporters that are leading from the front.
So the choice is yours. What are you gonna do? Are you gonna wallow in your pride or are you gonna realize that you backed the wrong horse and you are at real risk of losing everything? And the only way that you can stop that from happening is to stand up and fight from the front.
