- CDs: The law of the jungle is the opposite of Christianity.
- CLs: We believe in freedom and a small state. That’s the antithesis of the imperial state, too.
- PBPs: We welcome the opportunity to make more money in our hemisphere, but we don’t want to subsidize an imperial state, and we see lots of danger in imperialism. We prefer free trade and stable foreign relations.
- Reactionaries: Brief exhibitions of American military might are OK, but we don’t want to go to war for oil companies, and we certainly don’t support the costs and risks inherent in occupations.
The bottom line here is that Trump’s imperialism is a personal, not a partisan, quest. It isn’t being driven by anyone in his party outside of his inner circle. As soon as something goes wrong, there will be major problems.