Is President Trump steering a middle course, or flip-flopping on crucial issues? His base is raising concerns. View Online July 11, 2025 Trump Is Whipsawing His Base, Sending Contradictory Signals John Zmirak Classical scholar and top-notch political analyst Victor Davis Hanson says it better than I can: President Donald Trump is providing first-rate leadership on many issues, and is off-the-charts superior to the GOP establishment that colluded with Democrats to destroy him. But he's also all over the map, showing signs of caving to pressure from entrenched financial interests and disappointing his most devoted supporters on emotionally resonant issues. This shouldn't be surprising. George Washington frustrated patriots, Abraham Lincoln disappointed abolitionists, and Ronald Reagan shocked anti-Communists. What you campaign on will never translate perfectly into the messy, horse-trading business of actually governing a country. You have to pick and choose, decide which hill...