> Trump biggest mistake was not to decrease public spending. You can't really scream at big government while doing exactly what your opponents are doing. Of co

> Trump biggest mistake was not to decrease public spending. You can't really scream at big government while doing exactly what your opponents are doing. Of course you can, it has been the republican modus operandi for 40+ years now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_Wanniski#The_Two_Santa_Claus_Theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_Wanniski#The_Two_Santa_Cl... https://www.commondreams.org/views/2009/01/26/two-santa-clauses-or-how-republican-party-has-conned-america-thirty-years https://www.commondreams.org/views/2009/01/26/two-santa-clau...