09-22-2016, 05:23 AM
Trump doesn't have any actual policies outside of trade, immigration and taxes. What has has are bloviations, like his six positions on abortion, or his oscillating hawk/dove foriegn policy. I said I would support a serious Trump-like candidate who exchanged Trump's tax policy for Sander's policy. A serious candidate does not bloviate and so there would be no six positions on abortion or foriegn policy stance of the day. He would be pretty much a three note pony.
His policy positions outside of these three would be shaped to whatever supporters wanted. Trumps isolationism seems to have been pretty popular when he was doing that bit, and since Clinton is a hawk it would be a good ploy, so I expect a serious Trump would keep that. He would have no need to get ever get hawkish because his tax policy would have turned off conservatives, who hate taxes even more than they hate scary brown people.
For other issues he would hold the average of Trumps many positions--which is really no policy at all. Like Sanders he simply would not talk much about them and keep pounding on his three hobby horses.
His policy positions outside of these three would be shaped to whatever supporters wanted. Trumps isolationism seems to have been pretty popular when he was doing that bit, and since Clinton is a hawk it would be a good ploy, so I expect a serious Trump would keep that. He would have no need to get ever get hawkish because his tax policy would have turned off conservatives, who hate taxes even more than they hate scary brown people.
For other issues he would hold the average of Trumps many positions--which is really no policy at all. Like Sanders he simply would not talk much about them and keep pounding on his three hobby horses.