So is this a compliment to Trump, a compliment to the intelligence of the Teamsters, or laughing that the Democrats are losing blue collar workers to the Trump train moving that's moving backward in time.  

I feel bad for the millions of men mostly, and women more recently, who had the example of parents who worked hard in factories that would allow them to have homes and live comfortable domestic lives.   That formula of hard work and dedication is no longer secure.   

The unions have failed to protect jobs because there is no protection against the growth of knowledge.  They have found a hero in an 70 year old guy who thinks he can drag the nation back to his own childhood when being male was enough to get you work.   Being male isn't enough and can't matched the synergism of technology growth that has millions of contributors working with an open knowledge base.   

We have reached Tofler's point of Future Shock.  The individual can't keep pace with the growth of technology.