'Yeah, so what?' Elites openly shrug at working-class pain caused by Trump [View all]
By Brad Reed, Common Dreams
Published May 9, 2026 12:14 PM ET
Even as President Donald Trump’s war with Iran and tariffs on foreign goods are hammering working-class Americans, a new report shows that members of the US elite have never had it better.
As The Financial Times reported on Thursday, attendees at the annual Milken Institute conference in Beverly Hills this week were living in “blissful ignorance” of the economic pain hitting workers in the US and around the world.
“People are glossing over the war with Iran,” an anonymous private credit firm executive told The Financial Times. “They’ve become desensitized to it. For some reason, people are saying, ‘Yeah, so what?’”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2676873622/
Hey Financial Times why didn't you ask these "so what" and "do people really care" Bullshit give there fucking names............chickenshits...............and then the classic from Ted Koenig, chief executive of Monroe Capital..........
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"told The Financial Times that, while people at the conference were vaguely aware of the suffering of middle-class and working-class Americans, “at the end of the day, everyone’s focused on their own investment portfolios, especially here.”
No shit sherlock.................put on a uniform or better yet is any of your kids eligible for the draft.................put them in the barrel with that treasonous orange hair kid Barron....................
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