This opinion piece argues that Donald Trump's victory is a direct result of the desires and concerns of working-class Americans. The author claims to have witnessed this sentiment firsthand while traveling the country during the election, observing that people were frustrated with economic hardship, immigration issues, and a perceived lack of focus on their needs by the Biden administration. The piece suggests that Trump's key supporters, such as truck drivers, construction workers, and nurses, are not typically represented in the glamorous circles of political power and that the new administration should remember its true base.
At noon on Monday, something extraordinary will happen. Donald Trump will once again take office as president of the United States. It is a political comeback unrivaled in our nation’s history. There will be balls and galas and fireworks galore. All of the traditional ephemera of power, all of the wealthy people strutting around in their tuxedos taking selfies. This is how the right set always congratulate themselves. But they didn’t win this election. The hard-working people of America did.
The truck drivers elected Donald Trump, the movers and construction workers elected him. They won’t be at the galas, they won’t get to hobnob with Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, who will sit at a dais at Trump’s beck and call. And make no mistake, both those billionaires have bent the knee in a way no everyday worker in Brooklyn would, because the hardworking American never has to. They just show up at work, and then they, and only they, decide who wins elections.
But the incoming Trump administration, once the festivities and hollow compliments from think tank millionaires have passed, better remember who really put them in power and why. There’s real hope, there really is, and there is a sense that this administration can put this country on a better foot. Polluting shows 60 percent of Americans are optimistic about the incoming administration. That is great news.
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