How Trump Is Blowing Up Capitalism

Punchbowl News: “Trump’s style has always blended populism with corporate giveaways. Following his inauguration nearly a year ago — attended by some of the world’s richest people — Trump successfully focused on passing his massive tax cut package. Then Trump’s attention seemed to focus more on foreign policy as crises in Gaza, Ukraine and now Venezuela beckoned.”

“Yet following Democrats’ wins in November — and the very real threat of a partially Democratic-controlled Congress next year — Trump has shifted back to his populist approach. In spurts anyway.”

“Taken together, this rollout has left many, many congressional Republicans unsettled about the direction of the president and his economic policy, all as the midterms begin to ramp up. Unlike other Trump controversies, the grumbling this week has largely occurred in public.”