Trump’s Embrace of Economic Leftism Will Destroy the Legacy He’s Desperately Trying to Build

In his second term, Trump is clearly focused on building his legacy. He is building a large new ballroom in the White House to leave his mark on the historic building. Similarly, he renamed the Kennedy Center after himself. The president was also clearly angling for a Nobel Peace Prize last year and threw a fit when he didn’t win it—eventually prompting the winner to “transfer” the award to him in an attempt to convince him to carry out a regime change in Venezuela on her behalf. And, as I covered last week, he launched what was quickly becoming an international crisis over Greenland, only to