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Few Republican politicians dare criticise Donald Trump publicly, but many harbour doubts about the president’s violations of party orthodoxy on economics and foreign policy. One issue, however, can still unite Trumpian populists and Reaganites: deregulation. Early on the president has brought the same enthusiasm for paring back the administrative state as in his first term, but this time he is defying norms to get the work done faster.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Chainsaws on”
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Congress is inert, but a deft Supreme Court might contain him
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Donald Trump hopes to become a one-man deregulator – The Economist
