7. After decades of stagnant wages & growing income inequality, who can deny that Washington consensus needs to be challenged?
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8. And anyone who is not a Think Tank lackey or zombie libertarian should welcome GOP POTUS who says he'll defend entitlements.
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9. So Trumpism had some positive aspects, but I never supported Trump because he was obviously not going to be able to implement this stuff.
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10. For Trumpism to work you need leader who was focused, policy-savvy, intellectually curious & able to recruit non-cronies to staff
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11. Trump obviously never had the character or ability to force GOP to shift policies: instead, Trump is now toeing GOP party line
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12. On issue after issue, Trump has betrayed Trumpism: he's now has McMaster/Mattis foreign policy & Paul Ryan economics.
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13. Trump is now, in
@jonathanchait's words, "George W. Bush but racist." Only on immigration & general racism has Trump stayed true.13 replies 67 retweets 148 likes -
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US has long needed a responsible/non-crazy conservative opposition that accepts the legitimacy of the welfare state.
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No Red Toryism or christian democracy here cuz there is no cultural ideal of aristocratic paternalism. Our elites take the money and run.
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well said!
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Yep -- that's spot on.
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