I was thinking where the GOP is with Trump as its head..came to the conclusion that its a lot closer to Kennedy's democrats of 1960 than Reagan's republicans of 1980...
Conservatives have been shown the door...
It is a populist movement, in the most classical sense of the word.
It is not Conservative, it is not liberal (in the modern or classical sense), it certainly isn't libertarian.
It is becoming more and more of this too, especially as seen last night in the well delivered populist message.
Whether that is good or not is up to each person to determine as we are delving into somewhat new territory. One could argue Bill Clinton had a lot of populist veins in his campaign and positions. He certainly wasn't a radical like his wife. In reality though, the last real populist we saw run before Trump was George McGovern in 72 or maybe Pat Buchanan's several runs (although he was more of a pure Nationalist).
Populism generally has come from the left, and we saw a Progressive(sic) rebellion from the moderate/populist like Bill Clinton that made a radical shift to the left. It may be that the populism of the right may bring back classical, rational Conservatism.
Who knows. I'm at the point of spectator. Not a silent one, but I know nothing I say will influence anyone or change anything.