David brooks new york times donald trump
David brooks new york times...
David brooks new york times donald trump
'Hapless' Trump has 'gone all 19th century on us' — and he'll fail: conservative
President Donald Trump is trying to push a very particular type of populism from a period of America's past, conservative analyst David Brooks wrote for The New York Times — and it will ultimately destroy his presidency.
Brooks, a longtime discontent within GOP politics who escalated his criticism following the rise of MAGA, believes Trump specifically thinks America was at its greatest in the latter half of the 19th century.
"Over the past few months, and especially in his second Inaugural Address, Trump has gone all 19th century on us," wrote Brooks.
"He seems to find in this period everything he likes: tariffs, Manifest Destiny, seizing land from weaker nations, mercantilism, railroads, manufacturing and populism. Many presidents mention George Washington or Abraham Lincoln in their inaugurals.
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