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The View Viewp oint Trump's aggressive moves in a sloppy game Of political chess may be his undoing By BOb Ferguson THE MOST AGGRESSIVE OPENING IN CHESS IS CALLED the King's Gambit. On the second move, White sacrifices a pawn that typically protects his king for a blitzkrieg assault on Black. lt's audacious. With no preparation, no careful groundwork,White signals his intent t0 wipe his opponent 0 仟 the board. ln the early 20th century, the King's Gambit led to many brilliant victories. But through careful preparation, grand masters discovered that they could place White on the defensive by capitalizing on weaknesses created by the aggressive opening. President Trump is playing the political version 0f the King's Gambit—and his electoral victory was certalnly an example 0f early success. But his approach leaves vulnerab ilities that undermine his attacks. Trump's first defeat—his travel ban targeting people from Muslim-majority countries—is a good example. My offlce brought a lawsuit challenging that Executive Order and, within a week, stopped it nationwide. How did we dO it? First, we studied Trump's moves and prepared. During his campaign, Trump said he wanted tO create tOtal and complete shutdown Of Muslims entering the United States. ” His adviser Rudy Giuliani explained t0 FOX News, "When he first announced it, he said, 'Muslim ban. ' He called me up. He said, 'put a commission together. ShOW me the right way t0 do it legally. ' ” Like White sacrificing a pawn on the second move, the President telegraphed his intent tO act aggressively. Once Trump t01d the nation he wanted the travel ban, we marshalled our resources and prepared arguments for the move we knew was coming. Second, we did not accept Trump's playing field as he presented it. We blunted his action by moving the field 0f battle tO the courtroom. ln that setting, Trump was on the defensive. After all, it isn't the loudest voice that prevails before a federal judge—it's the Constitution. Third, we capitalized on the weaknesses created by Trump's early moves. For example, Trump's team did little, if any, vetting of the travel ban. They failed t0 ask their own executive agencies tO review the Executive Order. ln short, it was sloppy. Additionally, we used Trump's words against him. Those statements about creating a "Muslim ban"? They became evidence ⅲ our complaint that the Executive Order was partly motivated by animus against Muslims. AFTER 、 STOPPED the president's original travel ban, Trump issued an all-caps tweet: "SEE YOU IN COURT! ” But we had already seen him in court—and defeated him there twice. His tweet revealed only one thing: that the President was playing two move s b ehind. Trump's aggressive nature will be his undoing. His firing of FBI Director James Comey is the latest egregious example. We have seen this story before: disregard for the rule 0f law. Sloppy execution with shifting rationales. A President's own Administration caught off guard. The key to restoring the rule of law is tO blunt Trump's aggre s sion and put him on the defensive. That's why I joined 19 fellow attorneys genera 1 in calling for the appointment 0f an independent special counsel tO continue Comey's work investigating Russian interference in our elections. Will see more reckless and aggressive behavior from this Administration. And I will continue t0 meet weekly with key members 0f my team tO anticipate Trump's next moves. WHEN TRUMP RECENTLY SIGNED an Executive Order de s igned tO threate n our national monuments , we were prepared. I penned a letter tO lnterior Secretary Ryan Zinke, warning that any harm tO our tre asured landmarks would run contrary tO federal precedent dating back t0 Theodore Roosevelt— and would result in legal action from my offlce. Additionally, the President recently restarted a coal-leasing program on federal land, despite his refusal to obtain an updated environmental assessment, as required by la 、 A(. Together with the attorneys general of California, New Mexico and New York, I challenged the Administration s action, filing suit in federal court. My fellow attorneys general and I will CO ntinue tO anticipate Trump's aggressive moves and hold him accountable. We will be prepared And we will counter his unlawful, ill conceived gambits. Frankly, that our j0b. We represent the first line 0f defense to uphold the rule of law What became of the King's Gambit? T0day it is rarely seen at the top levels Of international chess, because elite players know how t0 re act—by turning aggression intO weakness. Ferguson is 0 れ i れ ter 〃 0 ⅱ 0 〃 rated chess master 0 〃 d the attorney ge れ era for Washington State ALL THE WRONG MOVES President Trump has signed 36 Executive Orders in his first four months in Office. By companson, Presidents Obama and Bush 43 averaged 35 and 36 orders peryear, respectively. At a campaign rally, Trump said reversing the Trans- Pacific Partnership required the mind of a "grand chess master. And we don't have any ofthem. ' The U. S. has 93 grand masters, second only tO Russia, which has 238. S 3 トっ 3 エーート H 山己 VO 」 17
IN THE OVAL OFFICE, SENIOR AIDES TO President Donald Trump sometimes steal glances at one another while he speaks. Silent and stone-faced, they dare not say what they are thinking, but they com- municate nonetheless. Beyond the Pres- ident's earshot and eyeshot, the concern comes through in less subtle ways. The West Wing's thick walls, even with the TV turned up, cannot muffle the s ounds ofstaffers shouting behind closed doors. lt is a terrible thing tO work every day for long hours ⅲ a hostile environ- ment you can't control. lt is worse when the stakes are as consequential as those at the White House, when your public reputation is on the line and when the man in charge blame s thOS e around him for his self-made misfortune. The fourth month 0f the Trump presidency has un- folded with all the suspense of a reality show. NO one knows what will happen next because the President changes his mind in real time. "We watch Twitter,: ” says one aide. "We're Just as in the dark,' allows another. Senior offcials walk through the building with funereal 100kS on their faces. Others complain that the White House is being 'paralyzed ” by the C01 れ 1 れ Otion. "He likes everyone always being on thin ice,: ” explains one adviser of the President's management style. A few West Wing aides have begun to look for lifeboats, shopping résumés to think tanks, super PACs and corporate communications firms in the market for anyone whO can make sense Ofthe White House's bizarre workings. when news broke on May 15 that the President had revealed sensitive classified information tO the Russian Foreign Minister and the Russian ambassador in an ()val 0 伍℃ e meeting, one White House staffer sent a message t0 a friend outside the building: FML, read the text—abbreviated millennial slang for an unprintable curse on one's own life. 20 TIME May 29 , 2017 The President they serve, duly elected by the nation, has decided to govern as he lived before winning the election: im- pulsively, extemporaneously, with his emotions on んⅡ display. But the effect has been different in the White House. There, his decisions have jeopardized for- eign intelligence relationships, affected ongoing criminal investigations and pro- voked the investigatory powers ofthe FBI and Congress. No less than Vice President Mike Pence has been caught as collateral damage, his credibility in question after he falsely described the reason for the firing 0f FBI Director James Comey— only t0 be contradicted a day later by the President. "The good news is that if you don't like a decision, there's a good chance the President will come up with a new one if he watches enough FOX & Friends, ” deadpans another senior White House aide. That leaves White House staff struggling tO create a structure that will allow him tO succeed. Some are grappling with how much they should try to dissuade the boss when he has his mind made up. Many wrestle with how they can maintain their own reputations while proving their loyalty by going 0 Ⅱ television tO defend him. "lt's exhausting, says a midlevel aide. 'Just when you think the pace is unsustainable, it accelerates. The moment it gets quiet is when the next criSiS happens. " ln the end, hOWtO respond is a decision each person must make alone. The presidency 0fDonald Trump, in short, has become an acute test for those helping tO lead the nation. At the White House, up on CapitoI Hill and in the bowels of the three-letter national security and law- enforcement agencies, men and women are weighing the sometimes conflicting interests Of their country, their careers and the President they serve. lt is a political dilemma, t0 be sure, but alSO a moral one: a test ofallegiance tO the truth, tO the law and tO the traditions of 'HE LIKES EVERYONE BEING ON TH 粮 E. ' —WHITE HOUSE ADVISER government. For many, the priority now is tO limit the damage SO the mistakes that have been made don't multiply intO something more disastrous. "The situation is what it is; ” Andrew Card, former chief Of staff tO President George W. Bush, told MSNBC. "And we have to mitigate it. FOR T U 、嗄 , the learning curve at the White House has been steep. ln 2014 , Trump said the thing he 100kS for most ⅲ an employee is loyalty. And for decades that is what he demanded, dismissing advisers and executives Whose commitment or capacityhe came tO doubt. But loyalty ⅲ business flows directly t0 the boss. ln the federal government, allegiance is sworn tO the Constitution, and evidence is growlng that Trump does not understand the difference. Associates Of Comey's say the President repeatedly asked forthe top law- enforcement offcer's loyalty at a private White House dinner in January, even though the FBI director should be loyal to the law only, and at the time Comey was investigating Russian interference in the election and possible ties to Trump's campaign. Then ⅲ February, Comey met privately with Trump in the Oval Off1ce, and, according tO a memo he wrote at the time, the subject ofthe recently fired National Security Adviser MichaeI Flynn came up. "I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go, Trump told Comey, accordingto the notes, which were first reported by the NewYork Times. AIthough short ofa command, the plain language ofthe request, ifaccurate, comes dangerously close tO a President intervening in a criminal investigation Of hiS own associate. The White House denies both claims. But no one can dispute Trump's singular, at times disproportionate, obsession with anything concerning the investigation intO Russia's involvement in the 2016 election. Nor does the White House deny the President's decision on May 10 t0 give classified intelligence about the lslamic State, which had been handed over by a foreign intelligence service, tO the Russian Foreign Minister, whom Trump had invited to the Oval Off1ce. That development, first reported by the Washington post and apparently a spontaneous boast, appeared tO ViOlate
long-standing commitments for the the FBI website. "A government bas d U. S. not to share intelligence from on individuals—who are inconsistent, allies without permission. Trump's fallible and often prone to error—too second National Security Adviser, H. R. easily leads tO tyranny on the one extreme McMaster, argued that the decision or anarchy on the Other. was "wholly appropriate; ” adding that ln practice, this means the FBI is built to resist loyalty requests from a the President did not even know the source Of the information he described televised hearing in the presence ofTIME President. Andrew McCabe, the bureau's reporters on May 8. Three days later, the acting director and a candidate for the tO the Russians. McMaster, whO wrote a book about military offcials' failure to President admitted that Comey's pursuit job, has testified t0 the Senate that there will be no letup, whatever the wishes challenge a doomed strategy in Vietnam, of the Russia investigation played a role appeared t0 be threading the needle, in hiS dismissal, after first announcing tO of the President, in the inquiry into his maintaining his loyalty t0 Trump, while the world that he was only acting on the campaign s contacts with the Russians. recommendation Ofhis Deputy Attorney "There has been Ⅱ 0 effort tO impede carefully protecting his own reputation our investigation tO date,: ” he said. "You by declining to deny the facts of the General, who faulted Comey's handling of cannot stop the men and women Of the Hillary Clinton s emails. President's actions. FBI from doing the right thing, from AII these claims have put the country And SO the Russia specter continues protecting the American people, from and its caretakers on notice. For a small ー tO descend from several directions on group 0f influential offcials, the proper upholding the Constitution. ” the executive mansion. Anger at U. S. response tO this test has been tO go public, Deputy Attorney General R0d Rosen- Attorney General Jeff Sessions' decision stein has echoed the same line. ln OfFIce tO recuse himself 仕 om the investigation albeit anonymously. A f100d 0f leaks has les s than a month, he wrote a memo urglng led Trump to tweet a false accusation resulted, allowing the national press tO Comey's firing on the grounds that the FBI that President Obama had wiretapped 血 16 Ⅱ its role as a check on the powerful. director had mishandled the investigation Similarly, officials at the nation's his campaign at Trump Tower. Trump into CIinton's emails. For less than 48 lnvestigative agencies continue tO remind has never given up that claim, even as hours, Trump adopted this memo as his evidence compounded against it. lnstead themselves Of their professional code. justification before recanting, and then "lt is significant that we take an oath tO he has argued that the entire Russia- openly citing the Russia investigati09 as support and defend the Constitution and meddling investigation is a sham—and not an individual leader, ruler, Off ℃ e or the cause. With the embarrassing episode that "wlretapping' can mean things not entity; ” reads an explainer on the oath on behind him, Rosenstein says he plans to found in the dictionary— even railing at a 21 Republican Senator B0b Corker, surrounded 妙 reporters 0 れ May 16 , sha 甲 criticized 0 White House in growing 市覊 rra. S 31 コ 3H N 一 31 の N 化 39 ・ d N08VV 3Md00 一の H3 トコ 3H 】 S30Vd S コ 0 一 > 3 d
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0 support Trump. But that includes more return tO hiS primary mission, regardless than 70 % 0f Republicans ⅲ recent polls. ofthe questioning ofhis motives. "I tOOk "There is an overwhelming percentage an oath tO preserve, protect and defend of Republican [voters] who are still loyal the Constitution Of the United States,: ” t0 Trump, ' explains lllinois Senator Dick Rosenstein said in a May 15 speech tO Durbin, the chamber's second-ranking business owners in Baltimore. iS Democrat. SO it unnerves themwhen nothing in that oath about my reputation. ” the time. But in SOttO voce conversations they think about retaining control 0f the TWO days later, Deputy Attorney across the Capitol, Republican lawmakers are venting about the president's reckless- House and Senate. General Rosenstein acceded tO the ness. At a minimum, they are fed up with Republican leaders have mostly gone demands Of Democrats in Congress by his antics. Some question his suitability t0 ground. House Spe aker Paul Ryan has appointing a special counsel, former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III, to take for the job. "ProbabIy two-thirds of the tried t0 change the subject, holding apress over direction Of the Rus S ia investigation, Republicans ⅲ the Senate are deeply conference about tax reform in the midst creating a new buffer tO protect the probe worried about President Trump, says of the uproar and offering only a weak from political interference. Mueller ran Senator Tim Kaine, the Virginia Democrat assurance that he maintains confidence the FBI from 2001 to 2013. WhO was Clinton's running mate in 2016. in the President. Senate maJority leader "A handful have been willing to say so. Mitch McConnell has repeated his patient THE SYSTEM DEMANDS a different role But the past few weeks have done requests for less White House drama. to be played by the elected members 0f little t0 dent Trump's popularity among Others have begun t0 break ranks more Congress, wh0 pledge allegiance t0 the Republican voters. White House aides forcefully. "The White House has got to Constitutio n but are directly answerable remain confident that most Trump dO something soon tO bring itself under tO VOters. Here, tOO, tWO weeks Of supporters see the scandals primarily as control and in order,: ” said Senator BOb disturbing revelations from the White media creations. shock absorbers Corker Of Tennessee, chairman Of the are thiclg ” says one senior white House House have begun tO shift calculations. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Offcial, citing campalgn controversies like For Democrats, the pressure tO oppose "Obviously, they're in a downward spiral the Access HO wood tape. When Richard Trump is overwhelming. For most right now. ” ln an interview with TIME RepubIicans, loyalty to the President will Nixon resigned 仕 om 0ffce in 1974 , 24 % of SenatorJ0hn McCain exhorted colleagues last as long as their interests align. the American public still approved ofhis t0 stop carrying water for the President. "I SO far, the GOP's 52 Senators have all pre sidency. That was more than tWO ye ars can't relate tO those people whO weather- voted ⅲ accordance with the Trump Ad- after the Watergate break-in. As it stands, vane," fumed McCain. "DO what's right. ” ministration's preferences at least 88 % Of according t0 Gallup, 38 % 0f Americans He later tOld an audience that the waves 22 TIME May 29 , 2017 McMaster 砒 the briefing-room 0 市 um , defending Trump's decision tO share intelligence with Russia
Of revelations were reaching "Watergate The dominant narratives of the early 0f allies. But Trump has so far resisted Size and scale. ” days 0f the Trump White House have attempts tO impose order, insisting on On the House side, Utah Representa- proved wrong in recent weekS. Those long stretches Of unstructured time tO tive Jason Chaffetz, whO has announced whO diagnosed chaos missed the control- watch television and call allies. Unlike that he will not seek re-election, sent a ling order. Those who focused on ideo- most CEOs, he is an "instinctive and letter t0 the FBI on May 16 requesting all logical splits, between globalists and na- reactive ” leader, in the words Of one aide, "unwilling or incapable" ofhewink memos, notes and recordings relating tO tionalists, conservatives and moderates, communications between Comey and the missed the larger picture. The President tO a long-term strategy. Others inside President. The House and Senate lntelli- iS not living alone under siege, nor iS he the White House have likened his itchy gence Committees have alSO promised tO unaware Of What iS transpiring around Twitter finger and obsession with cable press on with their investigations, as has him. The more operative divide now chatter tO a drug addict whO cannot grasp South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, is that between those whO are there tO that his habits have become a problem. A who is leading a separate inquiry ・ serve Trump himself and those who toil single segment "can take over the day ” for TOP communications advisers tO for the institution Of the presidency. the entire West Wing, complains a staffer. The result is a dysfunctional House and Senate Republicans have given There's a chiefofstaff, aVice President up trymg tO coordinate me ssage s with the and a National Security Adviser leading workplace. The President has made White House, since Ⅱ 0 one iS sure What hundreds of political and caree r employ- clear that he believes he has been let the President will do next. ln a telling sign ees working t0 keep the lights on. NO one down by his sta 圧 MeanwhiIe, his staff of where the power in the White House in this group has worked with Trump for is increasingly hesitant tO sacrifice their lies, the calls Of concern are going not tO credibility for a boss who won't protect more than a couple 0f years. Then there White House chief of staff and former them. When news of the classified is a separate staff 0f Trump loyalists—a party chairman Reince Priebus but rather shadow Trump organiz ation within the intelligence given tO the Russians came tO Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, West Wing. lt includes family members out, the press offce, still reeling from who has been quiet as the scandals have like Jared Kushner and lvanka Trump; supplying bad information on the firing Of Comey, sent out McMaster tO issue multiplied. "Jared,: ” says one longtime Trump Tower veterans like Keith Schiller, a spirited defense. One day later, when Senate campaign strategist, "might be Hope Hicks, Dan Scavino Jr. and Jason the only one whO can dig us out. " Greenblatt; plus the coterie Of outside news broke 0f Comey's memo alleging that Trump had asked him to drop the friends WhO serve as a sort Of rump Flynn investigatlon, no white HouÅe THAT DOESN'T SO V the immediate Cabinet. staff rushed tO the cameras. lnstead, problems that White House staff face in Both factions have labored to protect reporters received a denial from the preventing Trump from further unforced the President from his worst instincts. White House by email. No adviser t0 the errors. lnside the West Wing, daily staff Aides have tried everything from restricting access tO the Oval Offce tO President chose tO attach their name tO meetings have become SOlemn affairs, his defense. —With r 印 0 ⅲれ g ZEKE with aides waiting for the next shoe tO filling the President's schedule ⅲ a futile drop and no one quite sure whom the bid tO minimize distractions. Staffers are J. MILLER, PHILIP ELLIOTT, TESSA frustrated by leaks about staff turmoil BERENSON, ELIZABETH DIAS and SÄM Presidentwill take counsel from next. "lt's coming from Trump's extended circle ロ really grim,' says one White House aide. FRIZELL/WASHINGTON SPECIAL COUNSEL NAMED IN RUSSIA PROBE enhanced. Muellerinsures that no stone On May 17 , DeputyAttorney Mueller, a former Marine will be れ unturned,having run General ROd Rosenstein decorated for hiS service in bOth the bureau and overseen its appointed former FBI chief Robert Vietnam, is a product Ofthe counterintelligence operätions Mueller as special counselto Establishment, having attended as FBI chief. And as a former investigate Russia's involvement St. Paul's, Princeton, New York prosecutor himself, he knows in the 2016 election.ln choosing University and the University cf hOW tO run an investigation and MueIIerto run the Russia probe, Virginia. He has tWO postgraduate Rosenstein has in one fell SWOOP still make the FBIjump (not degrees and comes from the everyone does). SO this is a take- restored the independence Of old-money crowd that is Trump's the 」 ustice Department, tapping no-prisoners move by Rosenstein cultural nemesis.ln addition tO and a reminder Ofthe 0 adage: a man named tO head the FBI by runningthe FBI, he was NO. 2 at be careful what you wish for.ln George W. Bush (which will quiet the 」 ustice Department and ran going backto Mueller, Rosenstein Republicans). itS criminal division as well. has moved fast and chosen MueIIer is 」 ames Comey His appointment will likelytap someone above reproach, above without the drama, a straight- down any question Of politica arrow BOY Scout whO Often favors politics and whO came through his run atthe bureau with his interference from the Trump gray suits, white shirts and red Administration. —Michael D reputation not only intact but ties. 23
TheBrief China 74 , 000 DIPLOMACY President Trump go e s global DonaId Trump will embark on his firsttrip abroad as U. S. President on May 19. His eight-day itinerary includes stops in the symbolic homes ofthree Abrahamic religions: SAUDI ARABIA Trump will meet King Salman on May 20 for bilateraltalks. He will reportedly come bearing a $ 100 billion arms deal, and the pair are likely tO diSCUSS issueS such as Syria, lran and the ongoing war in Yemen. The President is SO giving a speech about radicalideology tO leaders from countries across the Muslim WO d. ISRAEL On May 22 , Trump is set tO meetlsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 」 erusalem. He is 引 SO spendingtime with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, part Of his effort tO facilitate the end ofthe lsraeli-Palestinian conflict.ln 」 erusalem, Trump is tO say a prayeratthe Western WaII, becomingthe first sitting U. S. Presidentto visit the contested territory. VATICAN CITY Pope Francis will welcome Trump tO the Vatican on May 24 , and has said he will trytO find common ground with the President. Trump is then expected tO reaffirm his commitmentto NATO at a summit in Brussels, before flying tO a G-7 meeting in に a ツ with world leaders including France's Emmanuel Macron. HARDEST HIT BY WANNACRY INFECTIONS TICKER Court won't rule on North Caro na The Supreme Court decided not tO hear a case tO reinstate the 2013 North CaroIina voting law, which rejected forms 0 日 D used disproportionately by black voters and was found tO be racially discriminatory bylower courts. Syria built mass crematory, says し S. The U. S. accused the Syrian regime Of executing thousands Of imprisoned political opponents and burning their bodies at a prison near Damascus. Syria's Foreign Ministry denied the allegations, callingthem a "new HoIlywood plOt" tO justify U. S. intervention in Syria. New Ebola cases in Congo The World HeaIth Organization confirmed a second case of EbOla in the Democratic Republic Of Congo more than a year after the outbreakwas officially declared over. Three people have died among the suspected and confirmed cases. Bounty demanded 工ör Disney movie Disney's CEO said hackers threatened tO release one ofthe studio's movies early unless it paid a ransom in Bitcoin. Media reports claimed the film is the latest Pirates Of the Caribbean sequel. Boblger said the studiO wouldn't pay. Russia 50,000 17 , 000 Ukraine . を物冫 11 , 000 failed tO assign each victim a separate BitCOin wallet, researchers noted, a critical error that meant they would not be able tO easily track ransom payments. They neglected tO automate the money collection ⅲ away that would scale. And then there was the matte r of the kill switch. NO one is quite certain why the attackers coded a self-destruct button int0 their software, yet that's precisely what they did. Marcus Hutchins, a 22-year-old security researcher based in England who goes by the moniker MalwareTech, stumbled on the power plug largely by accident. After taking lunch on that Friday afternoon, he inspected the malware and noticed a specific web address encoded within. Curious, he registered the domain for less than $ 11. This simple act sinkholed the malware, killing the virus' ability tO propagate and buying time for organizations tO upgrade their software and deploy p rotections. The attackers "had a Ferrari engine from the NSA, basically, and they put it in a Ford Focus' body, which they got from some ransomware kit,: ” says Ryan Kalember, a cybersecurity strategist at proofpoint. Despite the campaign s prevalence, in tOtal it has netted a measly $ 80 , 000. Compare that with the estimated $ 60 million annually raked in by the Angler ransomware campaign 1 Ⅱ years past. still, the attack caused serious damage and downtime for those affected. ln response, Brad Smith, Microsoft's president and chieflegal offcer, said the company shouldered "first responsibility." Microsoft t00k the unusual step ofproviding an update for unsupported operating systems, like Windows XP, even though it had retired them years ago. Smith then t00k a swat at the government, criticizing its supposed habit of"stockpiling vulnerabilities in tech companies' COde for surveillance purposes. He compared recent leaks Ofthis information tO the military's "having some 0fits Tomahawk missiles st01en. " Russian President Vladimir putin piled on, noting that Microsoft identified the NSA as the source 0fthe hacking t001s. He added, "Russia has absolutely nothing to do with this. ” Researchers are now chasing down possible leads t0 find out who was behind the attack. One theory points t0 North Korea, though the evidence for this was tenuous at press time. A few days after WannaCry came t0 light, the Shadow Brokers posted a message online stating that the group would begin a monthly data- dump s ervice , selling acce s s tO top -notch exploits t0 those willing t0 pay.'More details in June," the group said in a blog post. The promise presages doom t0 come. ロ NOTE: MAP REFLECTS THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF UNIQUE INFECTIONS TALLIED BETWEEN 3 P. M. GMT ON MAY 12 AND 3 A . M . GMT MAY 17 BASED ON IP ADDRESSES . SO し RCE: KRYPTOS LOGIC VANTAGE, BREACH INTELLIGENCE FEED く Trump iS tourt れ g the seats 0 工 threefaiths
Deep bags sag 取 er Brian Bousum's eyes as he Sips whiskey a 取臧 water in a 取臧 ' apartment 0 取 a recent Sunday evening. Fifty-one years 0 ー , he has s e 取亡亡 e past 亡 WO decades operating screw machines an setting 0 取 earing ー a 取亡 0 取亡 e west e Of 夏取 ia 取 a20 s , a mile from 亡 e Carrier factory made famous by President Trump. を 上 For a guy who didn't go t0 college, he says, the work is hard tO beat: the union offeredjob security and enough overtime t0 make up t0 $ 75 , 000 ayear, a salary that enabled him to buy his own home with an in-ground POOI. Bousum's son jOined him at the plant after graduating from high school. By the end of the summer, however, they'll both be out of a job. Rexnord, a $ 1.9 billion company based in Milwaukee, is closing the lndianapolis plant and moving itS operations tO MexiCO. There, labor costs about $ 3 an hour, rather than the $ 25 Rexnord pays its longest-serving union employees in lndiana. The 1 れ ove will put more than 300 Americans out of work. Before that happens, some 0f the workers here are taking advantage Of Rexnord's Offer Of an extra $ 4 tO $ 10 an hour tO train their Mexican replacements. Others are tOO pained and tOO proud. The outsourcing Of America's factory jobs is nothing new, ofcourse. Since 1999 , the nation's manufacturing workforce has dropped 28 % , from 17.3 million jobs t0 12.4 million, as companies flee tO coun- tries with cheaper labor costs. Between 2001 and 2016 , the U. S. had a net loss 0f nearly 54 , 000 manufacturing businesses. ln those that remain, more and more work 32 TIME May 29 , 2017 is being done by robots and advanced computers, which are usually overseen by engineers, programme rs and Others With at least four-year college degrees. "This is a runaway train; says An- thony Carnevale, director 0fthe George- town University Center on Education and the Workforce. "ln the end, technology and global markets improve productivity and benefit all of us. Sadly, it hurts some Ofus even 1 れ ore. DonaId Trump promised t0 make the pain stop, and he owes his election in part tO the Midwestern factory workers who believed he would make good 0 Ⅱ the pledge. "I absolutely got sucked into this message; ” says Rexnord machinist Gary Canter, 46 , wh0 has started delivering pizza for Papa J0hn's three nights a week tO SOCk away extra money before his im- pending layo 圧 For Bousum, the rationale was simple: "I voted for Trump based on the fact that he could save our jobs. ” They had reason t0 hope in early De- cember, just weeks after Trump's victory, when the President-elect announced a deal with nearby heating- and cooling- equipment manufacturer Carrier tO keep 1 , 100 j0bs ⅲ lndianapolis rather than move them t0 Mexico (although some 300 Of those "saved ” jObs were はドイトま三ご dianapolis community," Rexnord said our associates, their families and the ln- Sion and we understand itS impact on "This has been a very dffcult deci- false hope; ” Donnelly tells TIME. prieve is unlikely. "I don't want tO create President, cautions that a last-minute re- who has discussed the closure with the Joe Donnelly, a Democrat from lndiana, is pressing ahead with its move. Senator More than five months later, Rexnord country. NO more! ” tweeted. "This is happening all over our Of its 300 workers; ” the President-elect Mexico and rather viciously firing all plan. "Rexnord Of lndiana is moving tO had already announced its relocation turne d his ire toward Rexnord, which slated t0 move). The next day, Trump white COllar positions that were never
By 1943 , ⅲ the midst 0fWorld War Ⅱ , nearly 4 ⅲ 10 0fAmerica's nonagricultural workers were employed in manufactur- ing, producing steel, ships and aircraft for the U. S. war effort; later, such work- ers produced homes, cars and air condi- tioners for the ascendant postwar mid- dle class. The jobs were often steady and unionized, the pay good, and the require- ments rarely more than a high school di- ploma and a solid work ethic. But all that started t0 die ⅲ the early 1980S. Some 19.5 million Americans held manufacturing j0bs in 1979 , an all-time down t0 about 16.7 million. By 2024 , ac- cording tO projections from the Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Just 7.1 % Of Americans will work in manufacturing. The reasons are many, but the prime culprits are globalization and automation. ln 1991 , China accounted for 2.3 % 0fthe world's manufacturing exports. ln 2001 , the country joined the World Trade Or- ganization, and by 2013 , China's share 0f global exports was 18.8 % , according t0 a 2016 study in the A れれ u Review 0fEC0- nomics. countrie S such as Mexico and the Philippines have also increased their ex- ports. Labor in these markets tends tO be substantially cheaper than in the U. S. , and trade deals like NAFTA make it easy for American companies tO produce goods ⅲ far-flung locales. TO economists, however, America S shrinking manufacturing j obs have le s s to do with free trade than with robots. The U. S. still produces world-class air- planes, car parts and heavy machin- ery. Companies Just need fewer people tO make them. The result, according tO the Brookings lnstitution, is that whereas it tOOk 25 jObs tO generate $ 1 million in manufacturing output in 1980 , tOday it takes just 6.5 jobs. Many of the nation's factories are more productive than ever, and there is growing demand for work- ers in so-called advanced manufacturing roles. From 2013 tO 2015 , 132 , 000 such jobs were added, according t0 Brookings ・ But these positions increasingly re- quire specialized technical training after high school, with preference often going tO those with degrees in science, technol- 0 engineering and math. And the work will be less about fitting pieces together manually than overseeing the rob Ots that do it. Today, according t0 research from 34 TIME May29, 2017 ・ DO れ Zering, Rexnord's u ⅲ 0 れ rep, 砒 the United Steelworkers も oc 1999 ゞ he's worked 砒 the companyfor 44 ツ e 肝 s the Boston Consulting Group, robots per- form about 10 % Of manufacturing work around the world. By 2025 , they are pro- jected t0 account for about 25 %. "High- skill workers in factories will be managing processes; says DavidAutor, aprofessor ofeconomics at the Massachusetts lnsti- tute of Technology (MIT), "rather than showing off manual dexterity. Autor's research shows that Ameri- can workers WhO lOSt their manufactur- ing jobs as a result of trade shocks, like competition from Chinese imports, are likely to make less money and collect more disability benefits over the ensu- ing decade. He predicts a similar fate for the women and men at Rexnord. "Unless they get very lucky, there won't be an- other employer out there saying, 'Great, I can use a few more ball-bearings guys, says Autor. Even the rescued Carrier jobs may be vulnerable. ln an interview about the deal with CNBC in December, UTC chairman and CEO Greg Hayes said a $ 16 million investment tO automate tasks in the plant would ultimately reduc e the workforce. And the company is moving ahead with the closure 0f another plant in Huntington, lnd. , which workers had 0 House Speaker Paul Ryan, as part of the on domestic sales and imports favored by cluding the bo rder adj ustment tax, a levy his Rexnord tweet, has Trump backed in- has been in place since 1994. Nor, despite agreement among the three nations that want tO re negotiate the sweep ing trade not t0 terminate NAFTA, though he does ers 0fCanada and Mexico, he has agreed mies. And after consulting with the lead- between the world's two largest econo- the value Of the strategic relationship manipulator, a sign that he recognizes longer publicly calls China a currency Sive stances on trade. The president Ⅱ 0 has softened some Of his most aggres- the nation S economic carnage, Trump But after pledging to put an end to ofbusiness-friendly Cabinet Secretaries. ln addition, he has appointed a number tions in the name ofspurringJ0b growth. and workplace safety reporting regula- rolled back Obama-era environmental Australia and Japan. The President also ment among a dozen countries including Partnership, the 2016 free-trade agree- pulling the U. S. out 0f the Trans-Pacific most notable move on trade has been SO far, the Trump Administration's Reagan, Clinton and George 、 M. Bush. workplace commissions under Presidents town's carnevale, WhO served on national Ⅱ 0 easy way out 0f this; ” says George- some 700 people will be laid 0 圧 deal. When it shutters by early next year, hoped would be included in the Trump