I don’t write much about the type of politics covered in daily newspapers, but I can’t help commenting on a pattern these days I haven’t seen anyone comment on.

Regular readers know I’m interacting more with institutions that promote limited government, such as the Cato Institute, Heritage Foundation, Manhattan Institute, and Hillsdale College. Since I grew up in liberal, progressive households and school systems, but don’t fly, I consider it like exploring different cultures.

Anyway, these institutions like the Trump administration, which I struggle to see as limited government. It’s not limited in its market interference, in its reach into citizens’ private lives, in interactions with states, or even limiting the federal government with its DOGE intents to limit the federal government. I see talk about creating freedom but very different results.

Can someone who advocates limited government and supports Trump but doesn’t see conflict between those positions tell me what I’m missing?

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