In Donald Trump’s worldview, America comes first, and everybody else pays. Donald Trump’s foreign policy revolution: The Republican frontrunner represents a shadow tradition that hasn’t enjoyed this level of prominence in more than 80 years. Donald Trump is beating the neoconservatives at their own game: He’s capitalizing on the belligerent ultra-nationalism they cultivated, but he has little use for their ideas. Max Fisher: I did my best to understand Donald Trump’s foreign policy — here’s what I came up with. What Donald Trump doesn’t get about alliances: His dismissive approach to America’s friends would make the world more dangerous. Adam Davidson on what Donald Trump doesn’t understand about “the deal”. This 2014 study explains an enormous amount about Trumpism. David Brooks on how Donald Trump has given misogyny a twist.
Matt Staggs on what we talk about when we talk about Trump’s authoritarianism. The trouble with writing about Donald Trump: “He’s basic and bad. There’s really nothing else of substance to say”. Donald Trump may sound like a clown, but he is a rhetoric pro like Cicero. The Republican Party after Donald Trump: Conservatism is only doomed if its leaders insist on being radicals. Not Chicago 1968, but Berlin 1932: If Left leaning activists are serious about their characterization of Trump as a fascist, then they better get serious about the problem of unity. Here is an open letter to Trump voters from Stephanie Cegielski, his top strategist-turned-defector: I respect Trump’s fans — that’s why I can no longer support the man himself.
