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[How did this pass muster with the editor and publisher?!!]

There’s this impression among the most loyal Trump fans that people who raise objections to some of Trump’s policies are never-Trumpers. That’s untrue, except for maybe some of the Trump detractors who are employed by the liberal media who have to perform like trained seals for their Red (as in Bolshevik) masters.

The Weekly Standard was anti-Trump before the election because it thought he was Arnold playing a conservative. It is now against some of Trump’s policies, where they clash with traditional conservative orthodoxy. The proposal for sentencing reform championed by Rand Paul and the Koch Brothers, and given a verbal nod by Trump, is one item that the Weekly Standard’s not too fond of.

The trade thing is something where everyone’s in bomb disposal mode, because no one knows how this will play out for the global economy, which in turn affects the US economy. 20% of Apple’s iPhone sales come from China. Because of scale economies, that means a ban on Chinese iPhone sales could mean a 30% drop in Apple’s profits. And 20% of GM’s gross profits come from Chinese sales. So it’s an open question whether the negative fallout from a complete cessation of trade with China will cause the GOP serious problems at the polls that aren’t offset by the initial patriotic rallying to the colors from a trade fight to the finish.