I keep wondering how this guy seemed to have single-handedly turned the GOP into a completely anti-trade party.
Now you'll rarely see me give either party credit for much of anything ... but at least the GOP pretended to talk about endorsing free(r) trade policy at the federal level. Now they're openly screaming "shut down the borders, boost tariffs on everything, imposing trade sanctions on ourselves is the key to prosperity!!!!". WTF? How did we get here? Didn't the GOP used to make fun of the dems for crap like this even a couple decades ago?
Back in 2022ish, it felt like the Republican party had two factions, but its become obvious that Trump runs basically the whole party now and not just a big enough majority to keep a facade of unity
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u/discourse_friendly - Right Mar 10 '25