Andrew Sullivan and others have concluded that the Donald\u2019s candidacy is a blast from the last trump, announcing the end of democracy. These underestimates the federal government\u2019s blessed capacity for gridlock, and Trump\u2019s chameleon capacity for compromise, change, and moderation.<\/p>\n
<\/span>The real worry is less that, if elected, Trump will make good on his promises; he won\u2019t. The worry lies elsewhere. Trump\u2019s campaign has been a masterpiece of scapegoating, blaming our economic stagnation on China and Mexico and our decline in global prestige on feckless political and media elites. You can be morally certain he won\u2019t accept responsibility for his failure. And then who will Trump and his tribe find to blame?<\/p>\n <\/span>If Trump isn\u2019t the end of the world or of American democracy, he seems to be the end of the GOP as we know it. To that, we can say a hearty Good riddance. With its softening on moral issues (which Trump himself symbolizes) and its recent history of global adventuring, it\u2019s become difficult to see what the conservative party still conserves.<\/p>\n <\/span>What we\u2019re hearing is not the last trump, but Trump may be an agent of divine judgment against the Party that has been most promiscuous in invoking God\u2019s name. Here\u2019s hoping He shakes the GOP down to the foundations, and keeps shaking until only permanent things are left standing.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Andrew Sullivan and others have concluded that the Donald\u2019s candidacy is a blast from the last trump, announcing the end of democracy. These underestimates the federal government\u2019s blessed capacity for gridlock, and Trump\u2019s chameleon capacity for compromise, change, and moderation. The real worry is less that, if elected, Trump will make good on his promises; […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-politics","category-donald-trump"],"yoast_head":"\n