In interviews over the weekend, both Schumer and Sanders declared that they hoped Trump would "work with us" on issues of "trade" and "infrastructure." Sanders said Americans were "sick and tired of seeing their jobs go to China and other low-wage countries."
The Democrats are proposing an alliance with Trump on economic proposals that are being spearheaded by Trump's fascistic chief strategist, Bannon.
American presidential elections are characterized by all manner of lies, mudslinging and rhetoric, behind which various tactical divisions and conflicts within the ruling elite are fought out. It is in this way that the ultimate policy and trajectory of the ruling class asserts itself.
The coming period will be one of immense shocks and political upheavals. Trump's economic policies, financed by ever greater levels of debt, combined with massive tax cuts for the rich and cuts in social programs, will produce economic chaos and class conflict. They will not resolve the intractable contradictions of American and world capitalism.
Moreover, while Trump could exploit social grievances during the election campaign and benefited from the collapse in voter turnout for Clinton, the program he is planning on implementing does not have mass support.
In preparing for the struggles to come, the basic political task is the organization and mobilization of the working class as an independent political force. This requires a complete and decisive break with the Democratic Party and all of the organizations that operate in its orbit. It is only in this way that the working class can advance a socialist, internationalist and revolutionary opposition to the economic nationalism, authoritarianism and militarism of a Trump administration.
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