'Hypocrite': Twitter blasts Trump's 'hollow' Labour Day message about American workers and products
"It seems this tweet doesn't really apply to the Trump family," one Twitter user wrote.
US President Donald Trump took to Twitter to wish the country a happy Labour Day on Monday (4 September) and is getting slammed in return. Echoing his long-running focus on buying American-made products and hiring American workers during the campaign trail, Trump tweeted: "We are building our future with American hands, American labour, American iron, aluminum and steel. Happy #LaborDay!"
Trump's tweet came as the White House is expected to announce that the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme that allows those who arrived in the country as children, or "DREAMers", to stay and work in the country by obtaining a two-year work permit. The move drew widespread criticism from lawmakers, tech executives, businesses and social media users, branding it as a "heartless" decision that would harm the American economy.
Twitter immediately blasted the president over his Labour Day tweet saying his "America First" message starkly contrasted with his approach to Dreamers.
"Ironic how Trump used Labour Day weekend to end DACA, a programme that benefits the most abused in America's labor force," one Twitter user wrote. Another added:
Others pointed out the irony that many Trump products and that of his eldest daughter and White House adviser Ivanka Trump are made overseas.
"Trump doesn't use American steel, American workers or American companies," one Twitter user wrote. "Trump is a hypocrite and a conman. An embarrassment to USA."
Many also responded with photos of various Trump products that were made overseas.
"Ivanka's products are also made in China. So, it seems this tweet doesn't really apply to the Trump family," writer Dani Bostick tweeted. "Trump can Happy Labour Day us all he wants w/ his faux patriotism. His words are hollow."
And with Russia dictatorship.
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) September 4, 2017
The American way isn't to allow a foreign power to dictate who wins our elections!
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) September 4, 2017
You are a fraud, a fake, and a phony. Happy Labor Day! https://t.co/8tTxFjdYIw
— Laura Packard (@lpackard) September 4, 2017
Many Trump and Trump family products are not made in America. https://t.co/HFYerRi9ZI https://t.co/hULZl6466f
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 4, 2017
Do as I say, not as I do apparently... 🙄😠pic.twitter.com/u7AXME5wjk
— Michelle Vicari (@Eggface) September 4, 2017
— Indivisible Sauslito (@IndivisibleSaus) September 4, 2017
All directed by a RUSSIAN elected president.
— Impeach Donald Trump (@Impeach_D_Trump) September 4, 2017
Unfortunately, he built his own buildings with Chinese steel and used offshore corporate shells to try 2 hide it. https://t.co/hwBqNTd8aX https://t.co/0G6VLuN4hB
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) September 4, 2017
Too bad Trump's own products are made in China.
— Dani Bostick (@danibostick) September 4, 2017
This is from the guy who used Chinese aluminum and steel in 2 of his 3 last projects before the election https://t.co/bO7ot1X2L2 pic.twitter.com/shE8G9QTBh
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) September 4, 2017
And Ivanka's a chip off the ole' block in that sense https://t.co/C6fou8KCjo
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) September 4, 2017
And your Chinese neckties are built with ... ?
— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) September 4, 2017
Are u friggin' kidding me? Virtually EVERYTHING sold under the Trump label is made in China, Bangladesh, Vietnam & other low-wage countries.
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) September 4, 2017
If Trump really cared about American values he wouldn't have ended #DACA.
— Anirvan Ghosh (@anirvanghosh) September 4, 2017
Says the child of an immigrant who married two immigrants and who hires immigrants and makes his products in other countries. #laborday https://t.co/HRkb7IinSE
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) September 4, 2017
Happy #LaborDay to all hardworking Americans. Including the 800,000 Dreamers Trump thinks aren't American. #DefendDACA
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) September 4, 2017
Ironic how Trump used Labor Day weekend to end DACA, a program that benefits the most abused in America's labor force.
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) September 4, 2017
Labor Day is lost on Donald Trump. It's a holiday for people that have actually worked for what they have. @realDonaldTrump
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) September 2, 2017
It's not a happy #LaborDay for the #Dreamers who @realDonaldTrump told to "rest easy." #DACA pic.twitter.com/N6l0eFBWkS
— Jeffrey Guterman (@JeffreyGuterman) September 4, 2017
When corporations are people, dreams are illegal. #LaborDay
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) September 4, 2017
Spending #LaborDay doing labor. Because that's what Dreamers do.#DefendDACA #DACA
— Juan Escalante (@JuanSaaa) September 4, 2017
Trump thought we wouldn't notice his bigotry and hate on a Sunday night of Labor Day, but we do. Impeach this man! https://t.co/veEBp5YeNk
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) September 4, 2017
Yep, you guessed right! Melania's dress here wasn't made in America. It's Italian. https://t.co/b5FAHQxJaB
— Lawrence Congdon (@LC_Sun) September 4, 2017
Obama's message on Labor Day last year vs. Trump's message on Labor Day this year. Note the subtle differences. pic.twitter.com/GaCHSpRTQ6
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) September 4, 2017
As his products and Ivanka's are all made overseas. History's finest hypocrite!
— Ben (@Staringatyou34) September 4, 2017
American labor: Like the workers you never paid. Or the shitty conditions for your overseas laborers.
— Alt Fed Employee (@Alt_FedEmployee) September 4, 2017
Happy Labor Day 1953
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) September 4, 2017
Meanwhile, PUTIN wants to lead the world In AI, you are going for steel and coal. What am ignoramus
— ALT🛂 Immigration (@ALT_uscis) September 4, 2017
You forgot fear and hate.
— Rogue CPI (@RogueCPI) September 4, 2017
Says the con man who has never done a day of labor or honest work in his whole life.
— Rod Blackhurst (@rodblackhurst) September 4, 2017
Happy Labor Day!
— Gary (@Rotgut_70) September 4, 2017
Sorry Trump, you wouldn't understand, it's a workers thing. #LaborDay #UnionStrong
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