US becoming 'world champion of extreme inequality' under Donald Trump, says UN poverty envoy
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'The American dream is rapidly becoming the American illusion'
Andrew Buncombe
Donald Trump turning US into 'world champion of extreme inequality', says UN poverty expert
The United States under Donald Trump is fast becoming “the champion of inequality”, according to a scathing report by the United Nation’s expert on poverty.
While the US is one of the richest nations, entrenched poverty already experienced by many will be made worse by policies promoted by Mr Trump and the Republicans, in particular a planned tax overhaul that critics say gives huge cuts to the wealthy, it added.
“The American dream is rapidly becoming the American illusion, as the United States now has the lowest rate of social mobility of any of the rich countries,” said Philip Alston the UN Natio...