he openly opposed several major planks of his own party’s national platform (immigration and trade).
Fallacy. The Republican Party platform contained a very strong protectionist tariff plank. The gloBULLists, after WWII, removed it. So Trump is a traditional Republican.
14 posted on 06/19/2019 7:34:05 AM PDT by central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
I’m talking about the Republican Party platform WHEN TRUMP RAN FOR PRESIDENT ... not the party platform from a thousand years ago before indoor plumbing was invented.
Lighten up, dude.
28 posted on 06/19/2019 7:48:42 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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