"The Republican Party is not going to return to what it was before," said Edward Alden, a senior fellow on the Council on Foreign Relations. Trump's economic vision will be put before voters when the president stands for a second term against Democratic challenger Joe Biden. "Whatever the outcome of the upcoming election, Trump has changed the substance and tone of the Republican Party in ways that will take a long time to reverse." New prioritiesPrior to Trump's 2016 election, the Republican Party favored free trade, but the Trump administration imposed punitive tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars in US goods, particularly from China and Europe. But behind this populist messaging, Alden said the "Republican Party is out of ideas.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 01, 2020 01:30 UTC