Douthat has no idea. If you're someone who spent his entire career being a conservative-adjacent reactionary centrist, it's extremely bad for your brand that Trump (and his allies in the administration) are idiots.
Nobody competent is left in the Trump administration. He's purged from his inner circle anybody who might have original thoug…
Douthat has no idea. If you're someone who spent his entire career being a conservative-adjacent reactionary centrist, it's extremely bad for your brand that Trump (and his allies in the administration) are idiots.
Nobody competent is left in the Trump administration. He's purged from his inner circle anybody who might have original thoughts. Some exceptions definitely exist, like maybe Marco Rubio. But he'll be out within a few months.
Douthat has no idea. If you're someone who spent his entire career being a conservative-adjacent reactionary centrist, it's extremely bad for your brand that Trump (and his allies in the administration) are idiots.
Nobody competent is left in the Trump administration. He's purged from his inner circle anybody who might have original thoughts. Some exceptions definitely exist, like maybe Marco Rubio. But he'll be out within a few months.