The Economist divides Trump’s economic advisers into three groups: America Firsters; mainstream conservatives; and tech tycoons. Their interests overlap in some respects, but their policy ideas are very different. Does this analysis fit the facts?
Yes, because it aligns perfectly with the factional split that I identified ten years ago. America Firsters are Reactionaries; mainstream conservatives are PBPs; and the tech tycoons are CLs. In other words, the divergence of opinions on economic issues is not a new development; it is a key feature of the Republican Party.