Trump has been very good at transferring general GOP support for classical liberalism ideals to loyalty to himself and whatever ideals he espouses at the moment. Back in 2016 I recall a fair amount Trump supporting commentary saying, "take Trump seriously, but not literally." That may be a reasonable position about others when you have t…
Trump has been very good at transferring general GOP support for classical liberalism ideals to loyalty to himself and whatever ideals he espouses at the moment. Back in 2016 I recall a fair amount Trump supporting commentary saying, "take Trump seriously, but not literally." That may be a reasonable position about others when you have the choice to not to engage with them. We don't have the luxury with a POTUS. All those non-statesman-like behaviors and comments are, IMHO, small clues towards future behaviors.
Trump has been very good at transferring general GOP support for classical liberalism ideals to loyalty to himself and whatever ideals he espouses at the moment. Back in 2016 I recall a fair amount Trump supporting commentary saying, "take Trump seriously, but not literally." That may be a reasonable position about others when you have the choice to not to engage with them. We don't have the luxury with a POTUS. All those non-statesman-like behaviors and comments are, IMHO, small clues towards future behaviors.