Even though Trump ran as a Republican in the 2016 presidential election, his political ideology was more of a Populist. During his early political career, Trump changed his political affiliation five times. He was originally registered as a Republican. Later, he decided to become an Independent; not once, but twice. Since being as an Independent wasn’t to his liking, he change his affiliation as a Democrat. In fact, Trump said he would always be a Democrat. However, since there were too many seasoned Democrats wanting to be president in 2000. Trumps knew he couldn’t win as a Democrat. Thus, Trump ran as a Reform Party candidate, which failed miserably. As time passed and more soul searching, Trump decided to run as a Republican in 2016 with a Populist platform.
Some say it was a radical move, but many of our founding fathers were Populist. The ideology of a political party has evolved over a generation. In fact, the modern day Republicans were Classical Liberals from days gone by and the Libertarian party was partly morphed from the Democrat Party.
I hate to identify or affiliate myself to a political party because there are so many to choose. It may be Trumps dilemma too. It doesn’t matter if Trump ran as a Republican, Democrat, or an Independent. It would be more important to judge how Trump conduct himself in office. As a Populist Republican, Trump may have created a new political party that I would endorse.
Trump has remade the Republican Party, but at a price
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