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Have you noticed that Donald Trump almost never mentions the words \u201cfreedom\u201d or \u201cliberty\u201d?\u00a0 Or that he never complains about big government?\u00a0 National Review<\/em>\u2018s Jim Geraghty discusses these words that Trump doesn\u2019t use, pointing out that instead he focuses on strength and weakness.<\/p>\n

From Jim Geraghty, Donald Trump\u2019s Message Doesn\u2019t Include \u2018Liberty\u2019 or \u2018Freedom\u2019 | National Review Online<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Did you ever think you would see the day when the GOP front-runner rarely uttered the words \u201cfreedom\u201d and \u201cliberty\u201d?<\/p>\n

Perhaps some Republicans can be accused of loving liberty and freedom too much \u2014 or at least using those words as rhetorical crutches. Donald Trump is not one of them. The current GOP presidential front-runner rarely uses the words \u201cfreedom\u201d or \u201cliberty\u201d in his remarks at all. . . .<\/p>\n

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His speeches and off-the-cuff remarks make clear that he doesn\u2019t see the world through the lens of free and unfree; he sees it through the lens of strength and weakness. . . .<\/div>\n
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The man whose slogan is \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d doesn\u2019t seem particularly worried about a Leviathan state infringing upon its citizens\u2019 liberties. He sees a disordered society whose people are threatened by violent criminals coming across the border, undermined by poor negotiation in foreign-trade and security agreements, and asked by free-riding allies to shoulder way too much of the burden in a dangerous world. That philosophy is dramatically different from the liberty-focused message Republicans have become accustomed to since the rise of the Tea Party in 2009. And, at least for now, it has made Trump the front-runner by a wide margin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

Rush Limbaugh is defending Trump against Geraghty\u2019s article.\u00a0 Read this<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you noticed that Donald Trump almost never mentions the words \u201cfreedom\u201d or \u201cliberty\u201d?\u00a0 Or that he never complains about big government?\u00a0 National Review\u2018s Jim Geraghty discusses these words that Trump doesn\u2019t use, pointing out that instead he focuses on strength and weakness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,36],"tags":[3457,300,561,3881,1294],"class_list":["post-22226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-philosophy-2","category-politics","tag-2016-presidential-election","tag-big-government","tag-conservatism","tag-donald-trump","tag-liberty"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat Donald Trump won't talk about<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Have you noticed that Donald Trump almost never mentions the words "freedom" or "liberty"?\u00a0 Or that 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