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In the previous article I cited observations by David Boaz and Mona Charen concerning Donald Trump, found in the February 15, 2016, issue of National Review. The cover title boldly declares: Against Trump. Continue reading . . . 

In the previous article I cited observations by David Boaz and Mona Charen concerning Donald Trump, found in the February 15, 2016, issue of National Review. The cover title boldly declares: Against Trump.

Here are some additional comments by those who contributed to the magazine:

“And forget trying to determine whether he’s a conservative. Given that, at the suggestion of Bill Clinton, he has like a tapeworm invaded the schismatically weakened body of the Republican party, it’s a pointless question, because, like Allah in Islamic theology, he is whatever he pleases to be at the moment, the only principle being the triumph of his will.

All such things, except (maybe) his hair, are disqualifications for high office, but two fundamental portents of disaster usually pass unnoticed: Like Obama, he is astoundingly ignorant of everything that to govern a powerful, complex, influential, and exceptional nation such as ours he would have to know. . . .

He doesn’t know the Constitution, history, law political philosophy, nuclear strategy, diplomacy, defense, economics beyond real estate, or even, despite his low-level-mafioso comportment, how ordinary people live. But trumping all this is a greater flaw presented as his chief strength. Governing a great nation in parlous times is far more than making ‘deals.’ Compared with the weight of the office he seeks, his deals are microscopic in scale, and as he faced far deeper complexities he would lead the country into continual Russian roulette. If despite his poor judgment he could engage talented advisors, as they presented him with contending and fateful options the buck would stop with a man who simply grasps anything that floats by. Following Obama’s, a Trump presidency would be yet more adventure tourism for a formerly serious republic” (pp. 29 and 32; Mark Helprin, celebrated novelist).

According to David McIntosh,

“Trump beguiles us, defies the politically correct media, and bullies anyone who points out that the emperor has no clothes. None of that makes him a conservative who cherishes liberty.

For decades, Trump has argued for big government. About health care he has said: ‘Everybody’s got to be covered’ and ‘The government’s going to pay for it.’ He has called for boycotts of American companies he doesn’t like, told bureaucrats to use eminent domain to get him better deals on property he wanted to develop, and proudly proposed the largest tax increase in American history. Trump has also promised to use tariffs to punish companies that incur his disfavor. He offers grand plans for massive new spending but no serious proposals for spending cuts or entitlement reforms.

These are not the ideas of a small-government conservative who understands markets. They are, instead, the ramblings of a liberal wannabe strongman who will use and abuse the power of the federal government to impose his ideas on the country” (p. 34; David McIntosh is the president of the Club for Growth).

More to come (but before it does, go obtain a subscription to National Review [www.nationalreview.com] to gain immediate access to the best of conservative thought.

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