THE GREAT SOUL-SUCKING: Republicans Embrace Big Government, Revenge Politics, and Corruption

Earlier in this election cycle, I wrote that the problem with Donald Trump would be the perversion of conservatism into Trumpism. Here’s how I put it at National Review:

Barack Obama has taken America toward a cliff at 100 mph; Hillary will press the accelerator further, so that we’ll be moving at 120 mph; Trump would presumably press the accelerator only slightly, so that we’d be cruising toward that cliff at 110 mph. The difference: Trump will force his conservative passengers to rip out the reverse gear in order to justify him. Conservatism will become Trumpism. Conservatives will prioritize winning over truth….Trump asks for something more – your political soul.