Trump acolytes craft parallel GOP universe so Trumpism lives on
Bill Allison
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Washington Allies of Donald Trump have built an ecosystem of think tanks, fundraising outfits and professional development organizations designed to push his populist agenda for years to come whether or not the former president ever seeks office again.
With Trump-like branding, a number of the groups are named after his America First philosophy and serve to challenge the conservative orthodoxy of groups like the Heritage Foundation or the American Enterprise Institute whose ideas have guided generations of Republican politicians.
The aim is to develop the former president’s unorthodox policy preferences into a coherent program, ready-made for a new generation of politicians to adopt and carry out. No fewer than six new organizations so far are devoted to carrying on his policy legacy.
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remember that part of the issue when this was first being reported on and
discussed back a few months after the pandemic had begun was that then
President Trump and Mike Pompeo, the secretary of state, both suggested
they had seen evidence that this was formed in a lab and they also
suggested it was not released on purpose, but they refused to release the
evidence showing what it was. And so, because of that, that made this
instantly political. I think that it was, you know, example 1,000 when the
Trump administration learned that when you have burned your own credibility