Trump is a statist, but not the champion of statism nor a defender of the free market. He increased spending, deficits, and protectionism. Statism in the U.S. is bipartisan and has been entrenched for over a century.
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Agreed.
Two wings, one bird.
"From the 1890s until World War II, much of American political history, of programs and conflicts, can be interpreted not so much as 'Democrat' versus 'Republican,' but as the interaction or conflict between the Morgans and their allies on the one hand, and the Rockefeller-Harriman-Kuhn, Loeb alliance on the other." - Murray Rothbard, ***The Case Against the Fed*** (1994) p. 92