[op-ed] Trump’s autocracy would be very bad for new and bad ideas. #nytimes #politics #trump
In his Jan. 25 op-ed for The New York Times, Max Boot, who has long called on Republicans to challenge Donald Trump, argues in “Rediscovering Patriotism” that not only has the president been disloyal to America’s democracy, but also that his leadership style has sped up the succession of dangerous ideas.
“Dangerous, half-baked ideas are being treated as plausible policy, at least as long as they are greeted with applause throughout the cheering section of the worst cable news networks and right-wing media outlets.” Boot’s most significant criticism is that the leader’s loyalty, in this new Republican Party, is not to the nation’s democratic traditions but to Mr. Trump himself. “Many of us who opposed Trump in 2016 have stuck with him on policy — or, more accurately, stuck with policies, as he changes his stances depending on the last person he talked to.” Boot, who is one of a small handful of current Reform Party members, means that it would be unproductive to build a coalition to either oppose or support Mr. Trump. “His ideas, such as they are, change so quickly as to render pointless the exercise of opposing or supporting them.” In fact, Boot writes that conservatives who once believed that members of the Republican Party shared a common vision have realized that these values no longer matter to today’s conservative politicians. “This came at a steep price, of course: The vast majority of moderate Republicans and independents fled to the Democrats or just sat out elections.” Based on the passage above, Summarize the main argument in Max Boot’s op-ed about Trump’s autocracy and its impact on new and bad ideas.
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