He ran as someone who said, look, all of these big corporations, Wall Street, Goldman Sachs, these have basically shafted you. I am therefore going to be your voice. You have been forgotten for the last 35 years. I am going remember you. I'm going to give you voice.
Reich criticizes Donald Trump's choice of advisors, claiming he has betrayed the working class by surrounding himself with elite figures.
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Trump's attempted takeover of the U.S. government is itself part of a larger strategy to replace American democracy with an oligarchy.
We are either patriots fighting the regime, or we are complicit in its tyranny.
But I believe Trump and his oligarchy will overreach, and we'll choose a more robust democracy.