It was lies and deceit that brought this man to power. Regardless of what traditional politicians have said, it was their deception when it came to informing the American people about the economic condition of this country, that resulted in his rise. Mr. Trump grew out of deception and a need for working class America to have some clarity about their economic future. It is the honest aspiration of the American working class that the deception of traditional politicians which led to this anemic economy, be corrected. Mr. Trump was the strong man that came along and said to the American voter, “I can correct this … I can make America great again.” The need of a fix to the economy is so overwhelming to the American voter as a problem, they allowed Mr. Trump and all his ugliness into our lives. Here is a good way to explain Mr. Trump’s rise. Americans love their pets, especially their dogs. Even though fleas hitch rides on their dogs and bring them into their homes. The love and comfort pets give to their owners out weights the problem of fleas. Working class Americans want the issues of good paying jobs and exportation of America’s consumer demand resolved; they want solutions and not rhetoric. In walks Mr. Trump with the fleas of racism and misogynistic behavior hitching a ride ON AMERICA’S DEMAND FOR BETTER PAYING JOBS, saying with his persona and swagger that he knows how to create good paying jobs and stop the exportation America’s consumer demand to lower paying labor markets in countries abroad and guess what, the American working class embraced him. Better, says the America working class a few fleas than the continuation of the intolerable state of not having enough income to support their families, even in many instances when they work 40 hour a week jobs in addition to working part-time jobs also.

Here is what the AA community should do specifically to advance ourselves and others in this era. The African American ( AA) community and indeed those opposed to President Trump’s agenda and his election must not allow themselves to be caught up in a fight of us versus them and certainly not let the fight deteriorate into an election about race. Because in doing this, African Americans lose the high ground when it comes to protesting for jobs. This election was about the economics of good paying jobs and job creation, and not race. Understanding the circumstances which allowed Trump to take power is critical in using those circumstances to our advantage. Let’s face the facts, the AA unemployment rate is 18 percent. Interest rates are being raised by the Fed which will aggravate that problem.

The AA community should focus on the deceit surrounding the unemployment numbers themselves. If African Americans are going to win in the era of Trump, we should support economic experts who say the true unemployment rate of this nation is 9.2 and not 4.7 percent. Getting the Trump administration to acknowledge this is where the AA community can mount a successful fight. And get this, there is ample support in the white community for such a fight. Put simply, this election was about getting some clarity about the economic future of America. If we as a people join that fight, we will be helping ourselves, as this is the fight working class Americans who voted for Trump are fighting. The U-6 category of Alternative Unemployment Rates which is the basis of 9.2 percent rate quoted above counts total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers ( https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm )

If we plant our flag in the ground and push the Trump administration to make the U-6 category number of 9.2 percent which was the rate for February the nation’s official unemployment rate, we start up the rough side of the mountain of truth that will benefit not only us but working class Americans across this great nation. In bringing out the truth about these bogus unemployment rates, we then highlight and form a basis for saying that the black community unemployment rate which is usually twice that of the national rate is way to high at 18 percent. This is the fight we want to fight and win as a people.