Most Americans grow up with the following maxim: “Socialism is bad.” This is despite the fact that relatively few of us actually know what the term means. Socialism is an expansive concept that encompasses a range of economic, political and social philosophies. This notwithstanding, Americans usually have a reflexively negative reaction when they hear the term.

From a partisan political perspective, Republicans have tended to be more vehemently opposed to socialism, not to mention communism, than Democrats are. Thus, it should be surprising that a Republican president is experimenting with America’s capitalistic system.

But that Republican president is Donald Trump.

Since his inaugural run in 2016, Trump has been a populist cosplaying as a Republican. He is a businessman and entertainer

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