Until tonight, when Donald Trump chews through the conservative economic consensus like a shark in the water. Trump, according to remarks prepared for delivery, will only briefly nod to the pillars of the Reagan formula for opportunity and prosperity. And every Republican presidential nominee since 1988 has run on an economic platform derived from Ronald Reagan. Trump will say his economic agenda starts with "a new, fair trade policy that protects our jobs and stands up to countries that cheat. What Trump is suggesting, in accepting the Party of Reagan's nomination, is that those arguments have been wrong all along.

Source: Washington Post July 22, 2016 00:10 UTC