Editor's note: The following column was first published in City Journal. With President-elect Donald Trump set to take office later this month, it’s worth considering how his coalition has changed. The source of the president-elect’s power—his voting base—is populist in nature. This was evident from the beginning. Trump rallied a new political cross-section and has, over the past decade, transformed the GOP into a multiracial, working-class party.
Trump stands to gain, too. Musk controls X, the world’s most important news platform. Pro-Trump venture capitalists have stakes in the most important and dynamic companies. And using the Tech Right’s personnel to staff his administration will give Trump greater control over the bureaucratic structures around and below him. The tragedy of Trump’s first presidency was that he was hamstrung on all sides.
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