"Trump's establishment rivals, like Jeb Bush, accuse him of not being a true conservative. That is true, if conservatism is defined by the beliefs of the Republican Party's elite donors and the think tank experts whom they subsidize. But if conservatism is defined by what the voters who make up the conservative base actually believe, then it is the deviations of the GOP establishment from right-wing populist orthodoxy that must be explained.
"For years the Republican elite has gotten away with promoting policies about trade and entitlements that are the exact opposites of the policies favored by much of their electoral base. Populist conservatives who want to end illegal immigration, tax the rich, protect Social Security and Medicare, and fight fewer foreign wars have been there all along."
Michael Lind at Politico calls Donald Trump "a classic populist of the right."
Matt Taibbi at Rolling Stone says that Trump will try to "win with a whites-only strategy."
And Reihan Salam in Slate looks at future of white-minority identity politics.
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