Conservatives now wonder if transactional Trump might leave them in the cold
By Robert Costa November 6 at 11:03 PM
Conservatives who have learned to love President Trump, a relative newcomer to their movement, could emerge from Tuesday’s election anxious that he might now leave them in the cold to cut deals with newly empowered congressional Democrats.
On the horizon are an array of hot-button issues that are top priorities for conservatives but could prove tempting areas of compromise for the famously transactional Trump as he seeks to repair his presidency ahead of the 2020 election.
Those include the next federal budget and an expiring debt limit in March, along with potential bipartisan talks on politically sensitive matters such as immigration and health care, both of which have been central to the midterm campaign.
“He has carried the ball as effectively as anybody for the right, but the reality is, there is not a deep philosophical bent there,” said Ed Rollins, co-chairman of the pro-Trump Great America super PAC. “He’s always been about getting what you can get.”
The potential for a conservative reckoning comes at a fragile moment for a movement that had largely abided by traditional conservative principles on foreign and domestic policy since Ronald Reagan’s presidency but has in recent years moved sharply toward Trump’s unorthodox and nativist politics.
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