Pelosi's "manhood" gibe at the Trumpwall has me thinking: Can we come up with a general typology of Individual-1 policies, classified by motive? I think we can. There are three kinds of Trump policy: McConnell, moolah, and manhood 1/
McConnell policies are the standard GOP agenda of upward redistribution and deregulation: tax cuts for the rich, undermining the Affordable Care Act, letting polluters pollute. Anyone who thought Trump would be different on these things has been disabused 2/
Moolah policies are the distinctive things Trump does that seem most likely to be motivated by personal gain -- things like making excuses for murderous dictators who throw business to the Trump Organization. Emoluments seem to be driving a *lot* of foreign policy 3/
Manhood policies are Trump policies that are about Trump trying to look tough, even when there's no real constituency for his posturing. The wall, obviously; but also Tariff Man protectionism, which has few supporters and the markets hate 4/
Now, you might think there'd be a fourth category: things that Trump does because they're actually in the national interest. But I can't think of any examples fin/
