Source: The American Conservative
by W James Antle III
“President-elect Donald Trump is in some ways the least ideological leader of the Republican Party since Richard Nixon. His are populist and nationalist instincts fused with a moderate business Republican’s background and a political coalition that includes Reaganites and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This created tension with Republican congressional leaders in 2017. Eight years later, those leaders are more respectful of Trump’s skill and political impact. But they are not yet fully bought into Trump’s revision of Republican dogmas from the past 40 years or his cleaner break from the party’s brand the last time its presidential nominee won the popular vote 20 years ago. If Trump is going to deviate from the Paul Ryan Roadmap, abandon the Bush doctrine, and chart his own course on tariffs, one thing is clear: His plans had better work.” (12/18/24)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trumps-pragmatic-preferences-must-work/