Judd Gregg: tRump is the almost, occasionally, pretty close to socialist policy guy

[ffr]

It is difficult to know what the president’s philosophy is.

It changes constantly, with the only constant being his self-indulgence.
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The president has taken to new heights the idea of industrial policy, a beloved purpose of the left, as he promotes the winners and penalizes those he does not like in our economic structure.

For example, he tells American companies they must stop doing business in China.

That’s the type of edict that might come from the leadership of the old Soviet Union, Cuba or even today’s communist China. It is the ultimate in government interference with the free market.

It is so amazingly inconsistent with everything that makes free enterprise work that one thinks he must be joking.
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He genuinely believes that he has the right to direct American commerce. It is a startling blunt exercise in socialism.
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Socialists, of course, like nothing better that a new tax stream to fund the government. This of course is what the president’s tariffs are.
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Socialists see no significant issue with running up the debt and deficits of a government if such spending is done in the name of a good cause.

This president and his people are overseeing and empowering the most dramatic expansion in federal spending, deficits and debt in U.S. history. - The Hill

Dear conservatives, what is your rebuttal?

[AlexSFCA]

1. it's called nationalist socialism aka nazi

[Voltaire2]

2. As a resident of New Hampshire I am entitled to note that Judd is a forking ash-hole. nt.

[Midnight Writer]

3. Trump's philosophy is Me! Me! Me! Me!

[njhoneybadger]

4. He is the most self-centered, self-absorbed, self-obsessed, self-serving person who has ever lived

His philosophy is Self