Does Donald Trump Have an Ideology?
No, not exactly. But he has a consistent, grievance-fueled idea of how power and status should be distributed, and that aligns him with the Right’s ideologues just fine.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
🧵
https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/955a3f59-06c5-4dfe-a0e4-c66405bc56e3
Thomas Zimmer
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