TRUMP, REPUBLICANS AND REAL CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS

Lots of folks who support Trump and the current Republican majorities in Congress  claim to be ‘conservative Republicans.’  Conservative Republicans don’t like huge spending bills, engorged deficits, trade wars, and tariffs.  They like stable, long-term trade agreements that have proven beneficial.  They don’t like uncertainty and radical change when it comes to the business world.  Big business, their strongest supporters, don't like it either.

The Washington Post recently complained about Trump’s  talk of tariffs, trade wars, backing out NAFTA, etc.    They are not the only real conservative republicans who are concerned

 “There’s some unease with regard to the administration’s philosophy and policy on trade,” said Sen. John Cornyn, the Senate’s No. 2 Republican. “NAFTA is a good thing. ... Why would we want to ruin this great economic recovery we’ve seen by creating more uncertainty and havoc?”

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/trade/2018/05/30/texas-lawmakers-grow-anxious-naftas-fate-negotiations-drag

 

“Republicans are presiding over an escalation in U.S. indebtedness after years of railing against widening deficits under Democrats.

The GOP’s biggest legislative achievement since President Donald Trump took office was a massive tax cut that congressional scorekeepers expect will add more than $1 trillion to deficits over the next decade, even when accounting for faster economic growth.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-republicans-growing-deficit/

What was written in Forbes magazine (not a source of liberal fake news) in 2009 is even truer today.

“The human capacity for self-delusion never ceases to amaze me, so it shouldn't surprise me that so many Republicans seem to genuinely believe that they are the party of fiscal responsibility. Perhaps at one time they were, but those days are long gone.”