06-28-2016, 10:33 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-28-2016, 10:33 AM by Eric the Green.)
(06-28-2016, 10:22 AM)Anthony 58 Wrote:Quote:No, because Hillary doesn't and hasn't supported most trade deals. Trump is a "loud" neo-liberal because of his tax and deregulation policies; pure Reaganomics. And he supports a huge national debt, just like Reagan and Dubya Bush, but even more so..
Only if one uses a now-obsolete template is this true.
Low taxes on the rich and deregulation is still the basis of neo-liberal. Trump fits, even if his trade policies don't.
Quote: And in any event, Trump is a strident cultural conservative - since cultural conservatism is now defined by being anti-Mexican; i.e., anti-immigration, and anti-Muslim - not by being anti-abortion and anti-gay.
By you, or maybe Trump, but for others, cultural conservatism is still ALL those things.
I am dubious that Donald Trump represents the future of the GOP. When he loses, the Republicans might very well go back to what they were under the leadership of Reagan and the Bush. For now, Trump is a charismatic rabble-rouser who won the nomination. He won it, but Republicans in general still don't back him. So, has he really changed the party? You say yes; I say, not so sure bout that.