Today:
1) NeverTrump conservatives argued over @JRubinBlogger and whether she's being too NeverTrump.
2) Progressives argued over Ta-Nehisi Coates and whether he's not being progressive enough.
3) Trump supporters cheered for whatever Donald Trump did.
@davidfrum @charlescwcooke
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I thought Cooke's critique was harsh, but well defended, and that Frum's argument was right as well. The main thing underlying my original tweet was disagreement with people insisting Cooke and Frum's points are mutually exclusive.
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Ah! Which is where
@NoahCRothman’s very smart take comes in! https://www.commentarymagazine.com/politics-ideas/donald-trump-year-in-review-unfavorable/ … -
That was good. I like Rothman, but hadn't seen that article yet. Thanks for posting.
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However, Rothman's focus--like most of the conservative end-of-year assessments--is domestic policy. On foreign policy, he's been a net negative. Abandoning the TPP (and dragging the ostensibly conservative party to an anti-free trade position) is one of many unforced errors.
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My chief concern with Trump was on FP and, from a conservative interventionist perspective, I couldn't disagree more. He's exceeded my expectations. Though I miss TPP, it was dead long before inauguration day.
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I think Hillary would've lawyered her way into supporting TPP again, but who knows. Either way, quitting ceded Asia-Pacific to China. The problem with assessing Trump's FP now is no crisis has hit yet. He hasn't had to rally a coalition of the willing. NATO hasn't been tested...
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North Korea's on the same risk-but-not-an-immediate-crisis track. The ISIS campaign ended well, but post-conflict's fraught with risks. But he couldn't get bilateral trade deals in Asia--others don't trust him. When a real crisis hits, I'm skeptical he can rally others to meet it
End of conversation
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