Trump Lied About US Steel For Pipeline, Everything

THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE IS BACK ON TRACK TO BE CONSTRUCTED, AND
IF YOU REMEMBER DURING THE JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS, THE SPEECH
PRESIDENT TRUMP GAVE, HE SAID HE WAS PUTTING FORTH AN INITIATIVE
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW PIPELINES ARE CONSTRUCTED WITH
AMERICAN STEEL.
HERE IS HIS FOLLOW-UP JUSTIFICATION FOR THAT.
MY JOB IS NOT TO REPRESENT THE WORLD, MY JOB IS TO REPRESENT
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IT TURNS OUT, NOT SO FAST.
ACCORDING TO A WHITE HOUSE
SPOKESPERSON WHO TALKED TO POLITICO --
THIS IS JUST A WEIRD POSITION
TO BE IN, WHERE NOW I'M LIKE,
YOU ARE ALREADY SCREWING ME, AT LEAST SCREW ME THE WAY YOU SAID
YOU WERE GOING TO.
THAT'S THAT.
IS THIS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE DISTRACTIONS WERE AGAIN WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT WHETHER IT'S AMERICAN STEEL OR NOT, WHEN THE
DISCUSSION IS SUPPOSED TO BE, NO PIPELINES.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF VETERANS STAND, A NONPROFIT, AND TO CONTINUE IN
OUR MOVEMENT WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE SO IF
YOU CARE ABOUT THIS AND YOU WANT TO FIGHT IT YOU CAN FOLLOW US AT
VETERANS-STAND.ORG, CONTINUE TO FIGHT THAT, DAKOTA ACCESS AND
KEYSTONE ARE COMPLETED, WE CAN STILL FIGHT THESE THINGS AND
DON'T GET IN YOUR MIND THAT IF ONE OF THESE PIPELINES GETS
COMPLETED THEN SOMEHOW THAT'S A VICTORY.
THAT'S A FALSE PARADIGM
AS WELL.
WHETHER THEY GET COMPLETED OR NOT THESE BATTLES CAN'T BE OVER.
WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW?
BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME, WHEN I SAW THIS
STORY I THOUGHT OH MY GOD, I'M PISSED ABOUT HOW IT'S HAPPENING,
THE SHIP HAS LEFT THE STATION?
WHAT CAN PEOPLE DO?
I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CONSTITUENCIES FOR
DEMOCRATS AND PROGRESSIVES ARE LABOR UNIONS, AND A LOT OF
UNIONS ARE IN FAVOR OF THESE PIPELINES.
THEY ARE WAVING THE
FLAG WITH TRUMP, I HAVE A PICTURE ON MY PHONE OF DONALD
TRUMP WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE AFL-CIO, RICHARD TRUMKA AND
DONALD TRUMP, SMILING FOR THE CAMERAS, THEY ARE IN BED
MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
THAT EVEN SHARE MOST OF THE LETTERS IN THEIR NAME.
THEY MADE A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL.
AND I THINK IT'S A BIG
PROBLEM FOR THE LABOR UNIONS, THE CORE OF THE DEMOCRATIC AND
PROGRESSIVE CONSTITUENCY, TO SIDE WITH DONALD TRUMP.
THEY
SHOULD SIDE WITH ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND PEOPLE WHO
CARE ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN AND IMMIGRANTS SAYING I DON'T WANT
YOU MEETING WITH THIS PRESIDENT, HE'S NOT LEGITIMATE, HE'S A
DANGER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE CONSTITUTION AND A LOT
OF OUR MEMBERS.
AS LABOR UNION LEADERS THEY SHOULDN'T BE
MEETING WITH HIM, AND THEY ARE HELPING BUILD THIS PIPELINE
RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU ARE IN A LABOR UNION, CALL YOUR LOCAL SHOPSTER,
THE HEAD OF YOUR CLC, AND SAY WE CAN'T BE IN BUSINESS WITH
THESE PEOPLE, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN DO.
THAT'S A DYNAMITE RHETORICAL STANCE FOR THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE.
THESE GUYS DIDN'T WIN BY ACCIDENT.
WELL, THEY SORT OF
DID, BUT THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN A POSITION TO WIN BY ACCIDENT BY
BEING PRETTY GOOD AT THIS.
THEY ARE POLITICALLY SAVVY, THEY
TAPPED INTO SOMETHING, AND THEY PUT THE LABOR MOVEMENT IN A
DIFFICULT POSITION THAT THEY ULTIMATELY WENT WITH THE MONEY.
I COULDN'T AGREE WITH RYAN MORE, AND I COULDN'T THINK IT IS LESS
LIKELY TO HAPPEN.
WHY WOULD THEY?
GOT A JOB, I'M BUILDING SOMETHING.
BECAUSE LONG-TERM DONALD TRUMP WON'T STAND WITH AMERICAN LABOR
AND THOSE GUYS HE HAS WORKING WITH HIM WON'T STAND WITH
AMERICAN LABOR, THEY'VE BEEN AGAINST LABOR THEIR ENTIRE
LIVES, TRUMP HAS FOUGHT WITH LABOR UNIONS HIS WHOLE LIFE.
THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR 45 YEARS NOW, LONGER, BUT THAT'S AS LONG
AS I'VE BEEN ALIVE, PLUS A LITTLE, HAVE TRIED TO BREAK THE
BACK OF AMERICAN LABOR AND HAVE SUCCEEDED IN LARGE PART.
AND THE
NOTION THAT NOW BECAUSE THEY DANGLE JOBS FOR A FEW YEARS TO
BUILD PIPELINES, THAT WILL OVERALL TRANSFORM THE PARTY'S
POSITION ON LABOR IS FOOLISH THINKING.
IT'S AS FOOLISH AS
JOURNALISTS WHO SAY THAT SPEECH AND THOUGHT, HE IS PIVOTING,
THANK GOODNESS HE'S COMING BACK TO THE NORM.
PUNDITS WHO THOUGHT
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE COMFORTABLE SAYING, THIS IS THE
ESTABLISHMENT POSITION, THAT TRUMP WILL DRIFT BACK TO THE
CENTER, WE ALWAYS KNEW HE WOULD.
THEY AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION AND
I THINK LABOR IS MISSING IT.
AND HERE IS WHY NOT FOR JOBS AND MONEY, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE
THE UNION THAT REPRESENTS THE GUARDS AT THE FRONT OF THE
CONCENTRATION.
You DON'T WANT THE 30 PIECES OF SILVER THAT
TURN IN -- A THIRD OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP BASE, OF UNIONS WRIT
LARGE, ARE IMMIGRANTS.
THEY HAVE IMMIGRANT MEMBERS THAT ARE THEIR
FRIENDS AND FAMILY NUMBERS AND THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THOSE
PEOPLE FEEL UNDER THREAT IN THIS COUNTRY BY THIS PRESIDENT.
THAT
IS WHY YOU DON'T SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND SAY, HEY, CAN WE GO
BUILD SOMETHING THAT WILL CREATE 1000 JOBS OVER 30 YEARS?
BECAUSE
IT'S SO DISRESPECTFUL TO THE MASS CONSTITUENCY OF YOUR BASE.
BUT DISRESPECT WON'T DO IT, IT'S GOT TO BE PROVEN THAT IT'S
THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR YOUR POCKETBOOK LONG-TERM, AND I
THINK THAT IS TRUE, BUT I DON'T THINK -- FIRST OF ALL, YOU ARE
RIGHT IN A SENSE THAT UNION MEMBERS, THOSE ARE BONDED FOLKS
AND THEY CARE ABOUT OTHER UNIONS, SO IT MIGHT HAVE
MORE PERSUASIVENESS.
IT'S FAMILY.
THAT'S RIGHT.
BUT LONG-TERM IT'S A DISASTROUS STAND, AND IT'S
FRUSTRATING, I HAVE REPUBLICAN FRIENDS WHO WILL HEAR THAT AND
SAY YOU JUST WANT TO GET IN THE WAY OF EVERYTHING TRUMP DOES.
DAMN RIGHT WE DO.
WE DO, AND IT'S NOT THE SAME AS GEORGE W. BUSH, WHO WAS A
CATASTROPHE, BUT THERE ARE OBVIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT
LEGITIMACY.
AND GEORGE W. BUSH DIDN'T OSTRACIZE MUSLIMS LIKE
THIS, TO SAY NOTHING OF HIS LEGITIMATE EFFORTS THAT HE
THOUGHT I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN IMMIGRATION DEAL, IT SEEMS LIKE
THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND HE WAS UNABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF
THE REPUBLICANS MOSTLY IN THE HOUSE.
SO YEAH, THERE IS ONLY
ONE POSITION TO TAKE, WHEN YOU SEE A FRAUD YOU DON'T MAKE DEALS
WITH IT TO LEGITIMIZE THE FRAUD, EVEN IF IT MEANS SOMETIMES
YOU HAVE TO OPPOSE THINGS YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF.
AND YOU THINK YOU WON'T TURN AROUND AND MOTHERFUCK YOU?
OF COURSE HE WILL.
HE'S A 70-YEAR-OLD MENDACIOUS, NARCISSIST, ANTI-CURIOUS FRAUD.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GOING TO CHANGE.
THAT'S INCONCEIVABLE.
IS THERE ANOTHER SET OF LABOR UNIONS, LIKE ALTERNATIVE
TRANSPORTATION OF OIL?
PEOPLE WHO ARE DRIVING THE OIL NOW?
YOU ARE TAKING THOSE JOBS AWAY.
I'VE COMPLAINED ABOUT THAT
A BUNCH.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE PIPELINES TAKES AWAY JOBS
FROM ALMOST TRUCK DRIVERS TRANSPORTING OIL.
WE SAY THEY
CAN SPILL TOO -- BUT THEY SPILL ONE TRUCKLOAD.
AND WE NEED TO BE CREATING CLEAN ENERGY JOBS, WE COULD
PERMIT TO A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY, WE DON'T HAVE TO DIG UP
DIRTY OLD OIL OR DOING HYDRAULIC FRACTURING AND FRACKING.
WE NEED
TO INSTALL SOLAR PANELS AND WINDMILLS, AND GET HYDRO --
USING WATER TO CREATE ENERGY.
NOT DIGGING UP THE REMAINS OF
DINOSAURS AND BURNING THEM.
WE WILL LOOK BACK ON THIS IN
HISTORY AND THINK, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?
THAT THEY THOUGHT
THEY COULD LIVE OFF A FINITE RESOURCE THAT WAS BASED ON
MILLIONS OF YEARS OF SOMETHING DECOMPOSING.
THEY WILL BE LIKE,
WHY WEREN'T THEY USING THE ENERGY FROM THE SUN AND WIND AND
WATER?

Trump Lied About US Steel For Pipeline, Everything

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