Don’t believe the hype about Donald Trump. There is no personality reboot, no Trump 2.0. Appealing for “unity” at the party convention when the nomination is already sewn up is what nominees do. Trump 1.0, the original ’50s banger, is still running. We saw this when he wrestled himself to his feet after being shot in Butler, Pennsylvania. We see it when he muses on why God might have spared him. Most importantly, we feel it.

Populism is about feelings. Government is about institutions. People make policy. This is why “Trumpism” was always an idea in search of an ideology: Making America Great Again is a longing, not a program. It is why Trump, having run against the Washington machine in 2016, struggled to manage the machine as president: There is no button that, once pressed, makes America great again. It is why Trump has chosen Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his running mate now.