The polls were right, and the pundits were wrong. A Republican presidential field that was hailed as the most talented in a generation has been flummoxed, humbled, and finally beaten by Donald Trump. The Party of Lincoln is now firmly in the hands of a Manhattan billionaire, and conservatives seem hopelessly divided about how to proceed.
How to Think About the Trump Administration
The Claremont Institute hosted Claremont Review of Books Editor Dr. Charles Kesler and Claremont Review of Books Senior Editor Dr. William Voegeli for a talk on “How to Think about the Trump Administration.”
Ryan P. Williams is the President of the Claremont Institute.
William Voegeli is a senior editor of the Claremont Review of Books.
Michael Pack is a Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute, formerly serving as president from 2015 to 2017. Pack founded Manifold Productions, an independent film and television production company, in 1977.
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.
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Suggested reading
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