Robert Reich: “Trump aims to put people into these jobs who are more loyal to him than they are to the United States.”

Recent wage hikes have not kept up with inflation. Most workers' paychecks are shrinking in terms of real purchasing power.

We have the power. We don't have to accept corporate monopolies. We don't have to live with corporate money corrupting our politics.

But those same regulations may be extraordinarily important to the average working person in America, because they protect that average working person.

Trump's attempted takeover of the U.S. government is itself part of a larger strategy to replace American democracy with an oligarchy.