1. Trump is not the American Mussolini, but is likely the Yankee Gabriele D'Annunzio, a prefiguration of things to come, an inchoate & incoherent forerunner of the true American Mussolini to come.
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3. One interesting thing about last week's the National Conservatism conference is that it gives us some idea of what Trump 2.0 would look like. It would be a Trump who goes in with a think tank infrastructure and policy wonks with ready-to-implement ideas on day one.
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4. There are various possibilities for Trump 2.0 -- Tucker Carlson, Tom Cotton. In the National Conservatism conference, I thought Missouri Senator Josh Hawley made a credible bid for the role: he's young, smart, policy savvy.
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5. I make the case here for looking into Hawley's controversial speech for clues as to what Trump 2.0 might be like: https://www.thenation.com/article/donald-trump-gop-republicans-hawley-wax/ …
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Very troubling scenario, and a distinct possibility.
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So, Josh Hawley
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Gamers rise up!
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Tom Cotton.
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yeah, "Smart, young Trump" is the role that Josh Hawley and Tom Cotton have been auditioning for for the past two years. Trump is their President Hindenburgh
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