Trump’s Grand New Principle-Free Party: New at Reason

Even those who thought that Trump would transform the GOP, didn’t think it would be with this speed. Within six short weeks, notes Reason Foundation Senior Analyst Shikha Dalmia, Trump has forced the GOP to radically reverse course on many of its core issues that include not just immigration and trade but also government spending, entitlement reform and foreign policy. “Sure, there is some overlap between Trump’s and the GOP’s pet issues, such as tax cuts, regulatory reform, and ObamaCare repeal,” she writes. “But these are no longer embedded in any high-minded fidelity to limited government—just a vulgar populism.”

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