The essential Trumpist argument is that illiberalism on the Left has been successful & should be imitated

Donald Trump is the most liberal president in my lifetime. He basically governed as a 1990s Democrat, for better or worse.

I'm gonna guess and say National Review's real problem with Trump is Trump's American Nationalism. Trump's insistence that America is a nation with boarders and not a walk-in flea market for 3rd World hoards to offer up cheap labor for big corporations. Trump's insistence that America is a nation with citizens whose interest must come first before the interest of other nations & big corporations.

The essential Trumpist argument is that illiberalism on the Left has been successful & should be imitated

Donald Trump is the most liberal president in my lifetime. He basically governed as a 1990s Democrat, for better or worse.