Newsweek's opinion editor, josh hammer, has sort of boiled this down to its essence. He says the right now should use government to reward friends and punish enemies. That seems to provide an ideological gloss to what donald trumps id i mean,. that is, donald trump, not as an ideological belief, but just as an instinct.
Elements on both the left and right are tracking in the same illiberal direction on economic regulation, the First Amendment, and on radical rhetoric. Plus, the NatCons’ plan to get the country to go full Trump. Stephanie Slade joins Charlie Sykes today.