bide season a good default i guess. i wish that he was a little bit more progressive in his views. rather than but rather than so moderate. i like him. he was a good vice president. and he s a kind man. he listens to people. give their thoughts on what they want. and then reflections from working class voters. nbc s reporters go out and talk to some saying president trump is not keeping promises from 2016. mr. trump run on the platform of doing away with obama bad regulation. well, he quite well done that for i m going to say corporate america but us blue collar america we have got regulations that we have when obama was in office. he didn t bring the jobs back. and in fact, the tariff that is he imposed are hurting people in michigan. it s hurting our auto industry.
hard after promise the made by the president. america first means putting american truckers first. reporter: you said you also believed the president would help truckers. do you think he s doing a good job now? no, i don t. there s nothing that he s doing to help us out there. mr. trump run on the platform of doing away with obama bad regulation. well, he quite well done that for i m going to say corporate america but us blue collar america, we ve got regulations that we have when obama was in office and i would like to ask him why didn t he do away with the bad regulations for us independent operators? reporter: a trend they say should be concerning for everyone. have you all ever thought about quitting? yes. every day. reporter: every day? we want the american dream. we want to be part of being able to strive to do better to be able to take care of our families and do a good job for the american people. the american dream is getting
something called a per diem. in the past, truckers could deduct things like food and daily expenses from their taxable income. now with trump s new tax bill they no longer can. i have a young family at home and with our per diem, they took the per diem out and that made an $8,000 difference. $8,000? so what were you paying in taxes last year? nothing. reporter: a hit that comes especially hard after promised made by the president. america first means putting american truckers first. you said you believe the president would help truckers. do you think he s doing a good job now? no, i don t. there is nothing that he s doing to help us out out here in any way possible. none. mr. trump ran on the platform of doing away with obama bad regulation. well he quite well done that for i m going to say corporate america, but us blue-collar america, we ve got regulations that we have when obama was in office. i would like to ask him why