New York Times columnist admits that Trump is a 'normie Republican'

New York Times opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie argued on Wednesday that President Donald Trump is much more of a normie Republican than both his supporters and critics may lead one to believe Bouie's opinion piece titled Face It Trump Is a Normie Republican contended that Trump has governed as a mostly orthodox Republican over the duration of his second term and compared his first term to a hypothetical third George W Bush presidency Perhaps the the majority underappreciated fact about President Trump is that he is a Republican Bouie stated noting that nearly every commentator under the sun has considered Trump to be unique in means that defy traditional categorization TRUMP TAKES AIM AT CNN AND NEW YORK TIMES OVER IRAN STRIKE COVERAGE BUT JOURNALISTS ARE SHRUGGINGThe columnist pushed back on the notion that Trump cannot be considered a typical Republican due to his uniqueness arguing that the bulk salient detail about the current president is that he's a Republican politician committed to the success of the Republican Party and its ideological vision We saw this in his first term with his signature legislative accomplishment the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Was this his promised transformation of the American economic system the populist blow for those Americans left behind by the nation s failed political and economic leadership he questioned No it was a massive upper-income tax cut designed to pay huge benefits to the wealthiest Americans including the president his family and their friends Bouie continued listing off actions taken by Trump during his first term summarizing that in short Trump governed like a Republican And it is not a stretch to say that much of his first term was on the domestic front more or less indistinguishable from a hypothetical third term for the previous Republican president George W Bush Trump even ended his term as Bush did with a rolling set of crises and disasters each exacerbated by his mismanagement he added CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREThe columnist claimed that Trump's big beautiful bill lines up with what any Republican president would do but has been cloaked in the rhetoric of populism by the president As far as Trump's foreign guidelines goes Bouie argued that the president's current strike on Iran's nuclear facilities was reminiscent of the foreign agenda of two former Republicans With one decision Trump fulfilled the dreams of a generation of Republican hawks who have been clamoring for war with and regime change in Iran since President Bush proclaimed that it was a member of the axis of evil in You could if you were so inclined draw a straight line from that speech to John McCain s bomb Iran quips in to Trump s appointment of Mike Pompeo a noted Iran antagonist as secretary of state in to his airstrike last month he claimed The columnist concluded that particular of the worst aspects of the Trump administration can be chalked up to the specific authoritarian vision of the president and his allies but for the greater part part this is solely what happens when you elect a Republican to the White House