The former president wants the 2024 GOP platform to be anodyne, but don’t be fooled. He has an extreme agenda.
A group of Republican officials is to convene this week in Milwaukee to hash out what their party would try to do if given power. Former president Donald Trump’s campaign has pushed for their conclusions, in the form of a 2024 party platform, to be as anodyne and vague as possible.
One could argue that this shows today’s Republican Party stands for nothing beyond fealty to Mr. Trump. Actually, the GOP has an ambitious agenda, and much of it is unpopular. That is likely why Mr.
There are other thorny issues. The 2016 platform said Congress and states should be allowed to ban same-sex marriage and supported the rights of parents to force their gay children into conversion therapy. The 2016 document also said Republicans “will not accept any territorial change in Eastern Europe imposed by force,” something Mr. Trump seems poised to force Ukraine to accept if he wins in November.
To be sure, Mr. Trump is an apparent menace even without detailing every weird plan his far-right administration-in-waiting wants to impose on the nation. In recent days, Mr. Trump has received credit from some pundits for self-discipline, staying out of the way as the Democrats argue about their ticket. In fact, hisBut Americans who are numb to, or apt to excuse, such behavior as nothing more than big talk should still wonder what Mr.
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