Trump’s Time As Presumptive Nominee Has Been Dominated By Policy Flip-Flops

In The Art of the Deal, Donald Trump wrote, “I never get too attached to one deal or one approach… I keep a lot of balls in the air.” That everything-is-negotiable strategy may be commonplace in the business world, but it’s unique in the realm of presidential politics, where getting labeled a “flip flopper” is usually problematic. Trump is testing the conventional wisdom. In the week since he became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, he’s flip-flopped on four major policy positions. The shifts suggest Trump believes making “great deals,” even at the cost of inconsistency, will ultimately be a winning strategy this November. Here’s a rundown:
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