For the second time in the Trump presidency, the Right is debating the concept of the common good and how that concept fits within the American political tradition.
During Donald Trump’s first term, the “common good” debate raged because the unorthodox president’s nationalist instincts and policy prescriptions on issues such as trade and immigration clashed with the more globalist preferences of the Republican Party establishment. The debate is now raging once again, it seems, because JD Vance, the odds-on favorite to become the 2028 GOP presidential nominee, is seen as sympathetic to what… Read More in Real Clear Politics