Walter Appling

We’re Not Going Back

Will either of the last two vice presidents be on the ticket in 2028?
—Nick Catoggio

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I suspect Trump is going to turn on his party. They didn’t deserve him, they let him down, he tried to help them but they wouldn’t let him. It’s how he was probably always destined to wind up, swiveling around from the desk and telling the audience it’s fired.
—Peggy Noonan

The danger of handing over your party to a man who prioritizes his interests over your ideology is that, well, he’ll prioritize his interests over your ideology. Trump’s second-term agenda, which has been startlingly left-wing in some respects, reflects that.
—Nick Catoggio

The president may be a nativist, but he’s a rich country-clubbing entrepreneur first and foremost. He appreciates cheap foreign labor in a way that few of his devotees ever have or will.
If he does pursue an immigration deal with Democrats, it won’t be the first time.
—Catoggio

Right now, there is an excellent political—and moral—case for energetic, confrontational oversight and investigation into what is, after all, the most spectacularly corrupt presidential administration in American history.
—Kevin D. Williamson