I couldn't help but notice that this writer took at least three cheap shots at Trump.
Time for the Cuckservatives to pick a side.
I've read Reed for many years. And you either have never read him or you do and you're trying to pigeonhole him into what you think a conservative should be. That's identity politics, friend. It's unforgiving extremism just as the self-styled liberals are doing.
Fred Reed is a rare bird. I don't think he's against Trump per se. Just hoping for the best while bracing for a reality which may or may not be. Reed despises Obama, despises the Clintons, despises McCain, TOTALLY despises the Bushes especially 43, despises feminists, despises liberal academics, despises a LOT of the sort that's brought this country to the brink of ruin. Reed is jaded, and I don't really blame him. Better to be cautiously pessimistic and vigilant now so as to be delighted with surprise later, than to NOT be vigilant. Trump is still just a man. And as Tolkien elaborated upon, power and glory has a way of tempting and corrupting any man.
Good observation...probably has a recovering #nevertrump fan base...like so many of these newly minted freepers.