Donald Trump very clearly said America first. That is a traditional right wing, but also very isolationist. That takes us back to the era of the 1920s, when there were immigration restrictions, and also to the isolationism before World War… — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
In literature and in life we ultimately pursue, not conclusions, but beginnings. — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
“That image of a chessboard — an epic contest between two giant players, carefully nudging their pieces around the globe as part of a grand strategy — has indeed become a familiar metaphor for the Cold War. But it is misleading. Many decisions remembered today for their farsighted, tactical brilliance were denounced in their day as weak-willed. And big, public… — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share
Our nemesis is time, against which we have a single ally, memory, and even it betrays us. — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
Paul Ryan and his allies, who include Mike Pence, are congressional conservative Republicans, they have a very clear conservative agenda. The question will be who has to bend more to accommodate the other - Mr. Trump accommodate their ideology, or will they have to accommodate his? And if he can rally audiences behind him, we could see a very interesting… — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share
Donald Trump very clearly said America first. That is a traditional right wing, but also very isolationist. That takes us back to the era… — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
The Republican - conservative Republican answer has always been when we lose it's because we're not ideological enough. If they lose midterm elections, that's… — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
Donald Trump enters office with historically low approval ratings, that's where the battle could get fought. If the country turns against him, his Republican… — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
We all nurture impulses which promise freedom from the demands of others, even if that freedom means death. — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
Donald Trump descends in a very powerful way from longstanding tenets of American conservatism, they're just not the movement conservatism we associate with Reagan. — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
The Electroshock Novelist: The Alluring Bad Boy of Literary England Has Always Been Fascinated by Britain's Dustbin Empire. Now Martin Amis Takes On American… — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
Pat Buchanan has emerged as the prophet and forerunner of a real economic nationalism on the right, and Donald Trump is now its tribune.… — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
