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Trump is not "far" right. He's not even really a conservative. Sanders is a socialist, he says as much himself.

• guelo 8y ago
  Trump's tax cuts, deregulation and increase in military spending are very much conservative policies.
  • flukus 8y ago
    But protecting local workers from competing with low cost Chinese workers and illegal migrants are very left wing policies, probably the most left wing policies enacted by any president in decades. I wouldn't call increasing military spending left or right, just about every corner of the political spectrum has done this at some point, most notably the Soviet Union.
    • lanterk 8y ago
      He uses illegal immigrants in his own business. He doesn't care about the workers, its all just a way to rile up his base.
    • guelo 8y ago
      Protectionism is not specifically a left or right wing policy. There are right wing and left wing reasons to support protectionism. But the left traditionally has been opposed to protectionism because it was seen as way for farmers and other industries to make workers pay too much for their food and other goods. As far as restricting all immigration, that's very far right.
  • richardknop 8y ago
    Yes. But tariffs and protectionism are historically center stones of the left. So it’s a mixed bag. A normal leftist party would support tariffs strongly according to historical precedence. We live in strange times though.