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Audio 06.20.2016 1:23:20

The Trump Phenomenon: How Did We Get Here, and What’s at Stake?

A Republican presidential field that was hailed as the most talented in a generation has been flummoxed, humbled, and finally beaten by Donald Trump. Whatever decision individual conservatives make come November, the time has come for the Right to reckon with what has happened.

Charles Kesler is a Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute, Editor of the Claremont Review of Books, host of Claremont’s The American Mind video series, and the Dengler-Dykema Distinguished Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College.

Martha Bayles is a Fellow at the Hudson Institute and Associate Professor of the Practice of the Humanities, Boston College.

Wendy Stone Long is Co-Founder, Judicial Crisis Network.

William Voegeli is a senior editor of the Claremont Review of Books and author of: Never Enough: America’s Limitless Welfare State (Encounter Books)

Peter Wehner is Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center.

Michael Pack (moderator) is President and CEO, Claremont Institute.

The American Mind presents a range of perspectives. Views are writers’ own and do not necessarily represent those of The Claremont Institute.

The American Mind is a publication of the Claremont Institute, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, dedicated to restoring the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life. Interested in supporting our work? Gifts to the Claremont Institute are tax-deductible.

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