Biden’s big-spending agenda, brought to you by the Trump era

When Trump did try to guide it in a specific direction, he failed to deliver on things such as infrastructure, withdrawal from the Middle East and other priorities that might be easier for his Democratic successor to achieve. And in the meantime, Trump bulldozed whatever principled stands Republicans might attempt to make on things such as government spending. That might be one of the most demonstrable and significant shifts in American politics in the Trump era. A decade after Republicans responded to Barack Obama’s election by launching the tea party and warning of the evils of overzealous government, there is so far no similarly fervent pushback in the electorate today. Indeed, about a quarter-century after a Democratic president declared that “the era of big government is over,” the new Democratic president comes into office with the electorate more in favor of big government than at any point in recent history. And that’s driven home in multiple polls.