>Since then the Republican party has largely embraced the working class while the Democratic party continues to favor more and more towards the rich voters and massive corporations, finishing off the full party flip.

Insane to say this when Trump and Republicans want to lower taxes for the rich and even suggest "abolishing the IRS".

I do have to say, that I'm very curious to see what the next four years look like. The strange thing about the working class people that Trump brought over, is I think many of them expect Government action/intervention in their lives, and a large part of the Republican party still seems to be pretty hands off, de-regulation, attack the welfare state, tax cuts for billionaires.

So I don't want to immediately just dismiss the idea that Republicans are the party of "blue collar workers", and if they really can bring manufacturing back, they'll be heroes, but I'm curious how patient the base will be for it. If they really do cut $2 trillion from the federal budget, there will be big time economic losers. It seems like a geo-economic realignment to bring back manufacturing could take more than four years, and it seems hard to believe there won't be economic costs. will they be patient? Will that geo-economic realignment even help the current generation, and can they stay in power long enough to fulfill it?