Stripped of all the bluster, Trump’s policy agenda is largely a hodgepodge of traditional populist center-right items. This is true on economic and social issues. Even Trump’s position on abortion (restricted after 16 weeks) is more in line with the public than Biden’s position (legal from conception to delivery). The media does everything it can to hide this truth from voters.

A person could argue, as I do, that Trump’s lack of ideology, especially his openness to big government, makes him less conservative than the traditional candidate. And even if you believe, like I do, that “national conservatism” is a dead end for the GOP, Trump’s problems have largely stemmed from his personality and nature, not his policies. ...

Surely, many fair-minded voters have noticed that the democracy-saving Democrats have a habit of abusing the power they warn us Trump is primed to snatch should he ever return to the White House. The lawfare. The attempted disenfranchisement of voters. The federal mobilization against political opponents. The censorship. None of that is normal. Sometimes, the only thing standing in the way of these unprecedented abuses is the Supreme Court that Trump helped build.

The Trump post-election hissy fit should not be forgotten. But then, the four-year election-denying hissy fit of Democrats should not be forgotten either.