Where did MAGA come from? Ronald Reagan used the term in 1980, “Make America Great.” Bill Clinton used it in 1992. In 2011, Donald Trump wrote a book, his subtitle was “Make America Great.” Where did this come from, this MAGA agenda?
I’m Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. As we approach Inauguration Day, there’s been a lot of talk about the inconsistencies or the paradoxes of Donald Trump’s MAGA agenda. We’ve mentioned them in the past. We do not want to be isolationists. But we don’t want to be interventionists. And those are sometimes in tension and conflict.
Donald Trump has promised a lot of tax cuts, to service, some service workers, tips—no taxes on tips, no tax on social security. And yet, he has promised to be a deficit hawk and get close to a balanced budget by the end of his term. In addition to that, he has suggested that we have to…
