House Democrat bucks his own party, comes out in staunch support of Trump’s tariff strategy

By Michael Schwarz | Western Journal

President Donald Trump and one of his nominal adversaries have suddenly called to mind two of America’s great early statesmen.

In my imagination  — excessively fertile, perhaps — Trump plays the role of Founding Father James Madison, while Trump’s nominal adversary, Democratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine, has channeled the worthy spirit of a fellow New Englander, John Quincy Adams, son of the great Founding Father John Adams.

According to Axios, Golden has taken the very Quincy Adams-like approach of bucking his own party and voicing support for Trump’s controversial-yet-brilliant tariff policy.

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