Donald Trump loves a hard hat. Few politicians have worked harder to associate themselves with the imagery of blue-collar America: factory floors, steel mills, coal mines, construction sites, truck drivers, welders and machinists. Put Trump in front of a row of workers wearing reflective vests and you've got the visual shorthand for an entire political identity: This is the president of the working man. Trump loves the hard hat and the factory photo op—but his labor policies

A lot of Americans are angry right now, and they have every right to be. Housing is brutally expensive. Groceries cost more. Healthcare costs too much. Plenty of people have jobs and still feel like they are barely keeping their heads above water. Young adults are struggling to buy homes, start families, or build the kind of economic security their parents once took for granted. The pain is real. The frustration is real. The mistake is assuming the people we have been taught