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Why are we seeing protectionist trade wars and redistributive income-tax proposals that look like they came straight out of the campaign?

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At a little over a hundred days in, the Trump White House’s economic policy decisions are already chaotic enough to give even the casual observer a case of whiplash.

National Conservatives , or NatCons, are a recently emergent branch of the American political Right.

They emphasise conservative social and cultural values but also embrace the tools of big government to manage and manipulate the economy.

Despite its populist posturing, the NatCon narrative is out of touch with the very same workforce it purports to represent.