Conservative intellectuals are catching up to Trump
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The intellectuals in the Republican Party and conservative think tanks have had a hard time over the last couple of years. Traditionally a bastion of free traders, they have seen their party taken over by a bunch of protectionists and mercantilists with Donald Trump as their figurehead. As every observer of US politics knows this has led to a split in the Republican Party intelligentsia: some stayed true to their intellectual values and became “never Trumpers” while other tried to accommodate themselves and the Republican Party with Trump’s protectionist trade policies.
Conservative intellectuals are catching up to Trump
Conservative intellectuals are catching up to…
Conservative intellectuals are catching up to Trump
The intellectuals in the Republican Party and conservative think tanks have had a hard time over the last couple of years. Traditionally a bastion of free traders, they have seen their party taken over by a bunch of protectionists and mercantilists with Donald Trump as their figurehead. As every observer of US politics knows this has led to a split in the Republican Party intelligentsia: some stayed true to their intellectual values and became “never Trumpers” while other tried to accommodate themselves and the Republican Party with Trump’s protectionist trade policies.