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I like that Trump has not only acquired the GOP brand but also the conservative brand. There was a time that a bonkers deficit, violations of personal freedoms,
by cosmicgadget 1y ago
I like that Trump has not only acquired the GOP brand but also the conservative brand. There was a time that a bonkers deficit, violations of personal freedoms, domestic troop deployments, and expansive executive power was antithetical to conservatism. Now, it's whatever he says it is.
- rufus_foreman 1y ago>> There was a time that a bonkers deficit, violations of personal freedoms, domestic troop deployments, and expansive executive power was antithetical to conservatism President Eisenhower sent 1,000 soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division into a US city to escort some kids to school. That was a domestic troop deployment. Was that antithetical to conservatism? Was Eisenhower no true conservative?
- cosmicgadget 1y agoI don't get it. Is this supposed to be a gotcha or do you honestly believe that conservatives never actually cared about soldiers performing law enforcement? Considering this was a fairly isolated incident, perhaps Eisenhower was a conservative who encountered extenuating circumstances? Or he was an imperfect conservative? Also "to escort some kids to school" is a bold way to phrase it.