A Most Consequential Presidency
By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN As Donald Trump is about to be nominated for a second term, how his presidency has already altered the orientation of his party is on display.Under Trump, the GOP ceased to be a party of small government whose yardstick of success was how close it came to a balanced budget.Trump signed on this spring to $3 trillion in deficit spending to rescue the economy from a depression into which the government had shoved it to control the spread of the coronavirus. He is prepared to spend a trillion dollars more.By opening new lands and seas to exploration, building pipelines, permitting fracking and slashing regulations, Trump has brought the U.S. to an energy independence which other presidents…Continue Reading