> What America needs is more intellectual + centrist + pragmatic conservatism to counter Trumpist BS, not necessarily more government programs.... I don't thin

> What America needs is more intellectual + centrist + pragmatic conservatism to counter Trumpist BS, not necessarily more government programs.... I don't think this is about Trump, GOP governments have failed to reduce government programs for 5 decades now, and almost always resulted in more deficits: https://miro.medium.com/max/700/1*pqIXolEpzpTNktAgIclA-A.png https://miro.medium.com/max/700/1*pqIXolEpzpTNktAgIclA-A.png From the outside (I'm not from the US) it looks like the small government talking point has been empty rhetorics since inception.