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New York Times opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie argued on Wednesday that President Donald Trump is much more of a “normie Republican” than both his supporters and critics may lead one to believe.
Bouie’s opinion piece, titled, “Face It. Trump Is a Normie Republican,” contended that Trump has governed as a “mostly orthodox Republican” over the duration of his second term, and compared his first term to a hypothetical third George W. Bush presidency.
“Perhaps the most underappreciated fact about President Trump is that he is a Republican,” Bouie stated, noting that “nearly every commentator under the sun” has considered Trump to be unique “in ways that defy traditional categorization.”
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Bouie argued that Trump’s policies and actions while in office show that he is more of an “orthodox”