When President Trump entered office a year ago without any prior political experience or a clearly defined ideology, it was very hard to predict how he’d govern. We now have a better idea, but any assessment of his presidency to date will differ depending on whether one is considering his rhetoric or his policies.

The simple way of looking at it is that Trump’s words and tweets are very consistent with the broadly Trumpian rhetoric that galvanized supporters during his campaign. But his policy achievements are actually much more consistent with the goals of those more conventional Republicans who identified themselves as NeverTrumpers.