Donald Trump the Populist President (re-post)
Ron Nielson
August 16, 2024
Our nation has grown so used to the notion of the ideological president that it has become impossible for some segments of the American people to see that, in fact, Donald Trump might not fit that mold. The two most recent occupants of the Oval Office, Barack Obama and George W. Bush, were both very ideological. Whether viewed as too arrogant or too ignorant (or both!), these men seemed to embody the most strident stands within their parties.