The Grand Old Tariff Party Is Back
For years, the Republican Party treated tariffs as a kind of ideological sin — a rejection of Reaganite orthodoxy, an unpardonable offense against the donor class. Pat Buchanan called it The Great Betrayal in his 1998 book by that name: the GOP had abandoned the economic nationalism that once made it the dominant party in America.
But today, that betrayal is being reversed. The Republican base has rediscovered its roots as the party of America First economic nationalism .
New polling confirms the turn. In a July survey conducted by YouGov for The Economist, 70 percent of Republicans said they support Donald…
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