Trumpism Becomes D.C. Status Quo

The second Trump administration isn’t improvising; it has a clear, institutionalized mission and a wider cultural permission space after BLM’s ebb. Ideas once deemed fringe—Deneen’s post‑liberalism, Yarvin’s NRX‑tinged critiques, Caldwell’s civil‑rights skepticism—are now discussed at Heritage as heirs to the Reagan consensus. Staffers project calm, focus, and implementation, signaling durable regime change rather than a one‑off disruption. — If Trumpism is now the governing baseline, intellectual and policy fights across agencies, universities, and NGOs will be reorganized around this new center of gravity.