Posted on 07/16/2024 1:20:45 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Donald Trump isn’t normally thought of as a consensus-builder, but in one sense that’s exactly what he is. Many of Trump’s most ardent fans and foes alike believe he is the leader of a political movement with a clear and defined set of principles and goals. They disagree only on whether that agenda is good or bad.
The tendency to cast Trump as a tool of the ideological right serves the purposes of both sides. The right needs to believe Trump is a warrior for its causes to justify its support for him, and the left wants to believe the same to justify its opposition.
I’ll concede that this is not an outlandish view. It’s certainly how he ran in 2016, when he promised in many respects to be an instrument of the Republican base’s will. He even quite brilliantly agreed to a list of potential Supreme Court appointments compiled by the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society to reassure skeptical conservatives that he would be their servant. And since he left office, Trump has frequently told right-wing groups that he remains their loyal champion. So maybe you can’t blame people for believing him.
Or maybe you can. While the notion that Trump is an ideological conservative isn’t outlandish, it is outdated. It’s certainly true that if Trump is reelected, he will do things that please the GOP and conservatives. But let’s not get the causality backward: His supporters will like what he does — and his enemies will hate it — because Trump did it. They’ll look up the arguments later.
Right-wing apologists’ attempt to construct an intellectually consistent Trumpism is one of the oldest stories of the Trump era. And time and again, Trump has beclowned them for it.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
No one cares what you say or write Goldberg.
Jonah Fing Goldberg. Sellout. GOPe disgusting loser.
Jonah says, “Trump has always wanted the party to be his pool of Narcissus, reflecting his personal glory and dominance. That’s why he supported candidates who hewed to his lie that the 2020 election was stolen,”
he hewed to candidates that could see the obvious...
Another has been RINO whining because the party kicked his beloved assistant Democrats in the GOPE to the curb by picking Trump.
Conservative Inc still desperately trying to manufacture ways to fit Trump into the old political paradigm.
They still do not get it. Trump is the antitheses to their theses.
Jonah still mad that Trump is against allowing an endless horde of foreigners to invade the country?
Interesting. Two of the last three posts here are hit pieces from the LA Times. Methinks the woke MSM is trying to save face before the beat-down that’s coming their way.
Ah, the wise guidance of a mere journalist. I believed every word. /s
It’s them again Boo Boo
Jonah insults every thinking man and woman who has realized that President Trump is the only candidate since the 80s that actually states what his policies would be, and then followed through on them.
MAGA is not an ideology and President Trump is not an ideologue, thank God in both instances.
No, Jonah, much the same as Ronaldus Magnus consistently did some 40 years ago, Donaldus Magnus has consistently beclowned the RATS, media, and GOPe scum like you since he came down that golden escalator.
Bushite Bullsh*tter.
The LA Slimes is getting desperate.
Great fun.
So the LA Times thinks it’s neutral??? HA Ha Ha!
It’s shows his lack of seriousness when he attacks Trump for taking abortion out of the party platform, when Trump appointed the judges that reversed Roe.
The party platform is marketing, it’s just words. There are no Republicans who vote for or against something just because the platforms says it.
ESAD you commie excuse for a “journalist”
Goldberg belongs to a club that is getting smaller every day. He is lashing out in anger and futility that no one gives a damn what he thinks anymore.
What a nothing article. Again, let’s look at actions more than words. We have 4 years of what was done under a Trump Presidency and 4 years under a Biden Presidency. We can see the differences in policies between the two candidates. The historic differences are very clear. Trump will reduce excessive regulation of US Businesses to stimulate the economy. Biden will do the opposite. The LA Times is just trying to push scare tactics that Trump is evil......no true.
The entire Democratic Party is pushing that Trump is Hitler, Trump is an out of control dictator, Trump is an evil womanizer (without commenting on Bill Clinton, LBJ, JFK or even FDR), and a convicted felon (when in fact that is a manufactured law fare situation). Democrats love the politics of personal destruction. They are scared at the moment that their rhetoric may bite them when connected to the assassination attempt.
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