Quote (Mangix @ 26 Apr 2018 15:13)
Yeah its been fantastic. He can't get anything done while also destroying the Republican party. Its a libertarian wet dream.
destroying the republican party? lol?!?
if it hadnt been for trump and all the voters he himself brought to the ballot, the GOP would have been destroyed in 2016, losing the white house again and losing control of the senate on top of that.
he is reshaping the GOP, away from the internationalist and weak-on-immigration party of the george w bush era, away from the neoliberal "paul ryan agenda" and towards a more populist agenda.
that the proponents of the "old" GOP are considering this a destruction of their party is understandable, but it doesnt mean that the GOP is getting destroyed in the sense of losing electability. in the end, trumps agenda would be decently popular if it were not for trumps awful personal conduct and constant tweeting.
and in particular, I really dont see how what's happening to the GOP these days under trump would be good for libertarians. trump is reshaping the GOP away from the core goals of libertarians. if the libertarian agenda was popular, romney or (maybe in 2016 or 2020) ryan would have been elected president, not trump.