Commentary: Trump’s grip on US Republicans is still growing

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Donald Trump looks likely to hang around for an opening back into US politics, says the Financial Times’ Edward Luce.

During the first three weeks, non-Trumpian Americans were gripped by fears that Trump could somehow overturn Biden’s electoral college victory before he was sworn in. The violent storming of Capitol Hill on Jan 6 lent credence to those anxieties.Then night turned to day as Biden capitalised on the vaccine rollout and enthusiasm for his legislative agenda. It is all too easy to forget Trump’s nightmarish closing days and proclaim America’s return to democratic health.

But the public mood, which has tilted towards collective action during the pandemic, has forced them to muffle these priorities. In a memo leaked to Axios last week, two leading Republicans argued that the party should pursue a pro-business, anti-globalist agenda. Old-style panics about issues like marriage equality bring diminishing returns. There may be some gain in opposing vaccine passports and complaining about shuttered schools. Teachers’ unions often provide a deserving target.READ: Commentary: Unusual, enormous bigotry has been long directed at Asian-AmericansRepublicans have two big pluses going for them. The first is anti-incumbency.

 

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