Trump’s legacy: A love of government intervention

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Former President Donald Trump’s political tactics shaped the Republican Party in dramatic ways. Today, Republicans are now acting a lot more like Democrats.

While Trump helped push through a few changes that would have made Republicans through the ages grin, he also supported many policies that in a different era would have made Bernie Sanders blush. However, when Trump proposed these changes, many “Republicans” went along with him. And now, while out of office, Trump’s legacy lives on — Republicans are supporting intervention instead of supporting entrepreneurs. The evidence was on full display last week, with a handful of freshly introduced antitrust bills receiving senior Republican support.

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