The GOP should stick with Trump’s strategy — not capitulate to fringe activists like the Left did.
Since he came down the golden escalator in 2015, President Donald Trump has been at the center of American public life. It’s strange, therefore, to realize that the Trump era is slowly but inexorably drawing to a close.
Republicans look likely to lose the House of Representatives in November, which will almost certainly bog down the rest of Trump’s administration in interminable impeachment hearings. And the president is increasingly sustaining attacks from within his own party, whether that be from the Epstein-obsessed fringe or from those unhappy with his social media presence.
All of this raises the question that has for years felt unthinkable: what comes after Trump? To an increasingly loud faction on the online right, the answer is a noxious blend of extreme ideologies. But that would be a mistake. Keeping the Trump Train going means embracing Trump’s 2024 strategy: playing to the majority of Americans on issues on which the right can win.
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