The Washington Post OpinionsPresident Donald Trump speaks with members of his Cabinet at the White House during his first term. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
By Ramesh Ponnuru
It’s not unusual for a president to undo the work of his predecessor. It’s less common when the president and the predecessor are the same person. But Trump II is turning out to be, in large part, a repudiation of Trump I.
Consider the following examples:
President Donald Trump’s most consequential accomplishment in his first term was cementing a center-right supermajority on the Supreme Court and moving the federal appellate courts to the right. Those appointments enabled legal victories — on abortion, affirmative action, guns and more — that strengthened Trump’s hold over Republican voters. Now Trump says many of those judges have
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