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In the midst of our current stagnation and exhaustion from the recent election, I keep returning to something President Trump said back in 2016: “I’m a conservative, but at this point who cares? We’ve got to straighten out the country.”
Whatever one thinks about President Trump and conservatism, it seems clear that the last four years have given a new kind of direction and even encouragement for conservative thought and practice. While I do not want to equate “conservative principles” with “Donald Trump,” I do think Trump’s presidency has been a catalyst for renewed reflection upon national conservatism. Along with this, I would say there is a real possibility of a revitalized coalition bringing together conservatives and liberals. As the political philosopher Yoram Hazony recently argued: