The Ayn Rand in Donald Trump: The Virtue of America First

The American Spectator ^ | February 13, 2017 | Arnold Steinberg

[whodathunkit]

The evolving foreign policy of Donald Trump is an unintended reincarnation of Ayn Rand. When he says “America First,” he is effectively saying that the United States should act in what Rand would call its “rational self-interest.” Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) was founded forty-one years before the 9/11 attack on America, that is, on September 11, 1960 at the Buckley estate, Great Elm. Its founding document ended: “That American foreign policy must be judged by this criterion: does it serve the just interests of the United States?” Not the United Nations or the Third World, but only the U.S. and, where interests meet, our allies.

[Taxman]

With the FairTax, a tariff is MOST DEFINITELY NOT NEEDED!

Please re-read my post #15.

[Taxman]

Well said!

[Taxman]

Real Soon Now?

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Rand wasn't necessarily consistent. Her philosophy was based on individual self-interest, but sometimes it sounds like she favors acting in group or national self-interest. When it comes to things like tariffs that can lead to different policies.

Rand didn't have a patent or copyright on enlightened self-interest. Dragging her into the discussion doesn't add much.