Trumpism, If Not Trump, Is Here to Stay
The next president’s policies will be more like Trump’s than his critics are willing to admit.
The next American president will face the same challenges.
Photographer: Handout/Getty Images EuropeAlthough it is hard to avoid fixating on the day-to-day of the Trump administration, much of the world is already asking, “What comes next?” It seems to me that a lot of President Donald Trump’s policies, especially abroad, are likely to last longer than his critics wish to admit.
While it can be debated how popular Trump is with voters, the real question for potential presidential candidates is how popular he would be if he abandoned some of his least popular material. No attempt at parent-child separation at the border, for example, no push to weaken EPA standards, no racism, a more female-friendly style, and less overt corruption, to name a few items that spring all too rapidly to mind. You could keep the Twitter account and much of the provocative tone, aimed in somewhat different directions.