They don't seem to understand that if labor wins as it should, this model is hosed. It literally only works if either 1) a driver is a very-occasional driver that's actually picking up the equivalent of paying hitchhikers heading for destinations already near the destination of the driver, or 2) cars are 100% autonomous.
I don't think option 2 will work. Autonomous vehicles cost money. If there are no drivers for them to offload these costs, Uber/Lyft have to purchase, maintain, fuel, and insure these vehicles. Most drivers are currently subsidizing Uber/Lyft by eating these costs.
This assumes autonomous vehicles ever exist, which I also question. The best use for autonomous vehicles so far is as a smoke screen when swindling VCs out of their money.
It's just a political move for Trump and I doubt he's going to put any kind of replacement in place, but wouldn't it theoretically be easier to just create some alternative and fund that instead?
I'll create my own health organization
Scientists will study your brain to learn more about your distant cousin, Man.