Comment: American vice presidential candidate JD Vance expresses Trump’s policies better than Trump himself

Although foreign policy was little discussed in the debate, Vance’s was speeches During the presidential campaign, it appears that he shares a similar view to Trump, advocating a narrow, limited projection of American power and influence in global affairs.

Perhaps most notably, Vance has distinguished himself from some other Republican figures mentioned as potential successors to Trump, such as Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy, by more explicitly addressing the economic situation. populist aspects of the New Right.

Denouncing globalization as depriving the American working class of good jobs, wages and affordable energy, Vance supported government intervention policies such as trade protection, fines about outsourcing of companies and the government support for child and family care, in contrast to the Republican Party’s traditional pro-free market platform.

Criticizing Economists Who Support Free Trade as Lacking “Ordinary feeling,” Vance repeated more and more often ruling The view of Republicans is that a globalized market economy has benefited corporations but left many Americans in relative poverty.

Although critics ridicule Vance, a former Silicon venture capitalist Valley who ever was critical of Trump, for politics opportunism in embracing Trump and economic populism, Vance has defended changes in his political views as a result of reconnecting with his working-class upbringing disappointment with the socio-economic consequences of the neoliberal policies he witnessed during his career in business.

THE FUTURE OF THE GOP

As middle-class voters with college degrees turn away from Trump’s Republican Party, while rural and blue-collar voters move toward it, the balance within the Republican Party may shift toward New Right dominance over other conservative factions .

Paradoxically enoughthe endorsement of Kamala Harris by several high-profile former Republican policymakers like Liz Cheney could indicate the declining influence of traditional conservative factions within the GOP.