Who would have ever thought we would place preeminent economist Milton Friedman and Christian nationalism in the same sentence? But here we are, after Vice President JD Vance made head-spinning remarks on two fronts that are bound to stir up a hornet’s nest as the two parties consider who should succeed Donald Trump in the White House. In fact, the VP provided valuable ammunition for both fellow Republicans who might challenge him for the 2028 presidential nomination and the eventual Democratic Party candidate.
In an interview this week on The Matt Walsh Show, Vance essentially said the timeless economic principles of the north star of free market economics have become irrelevant and then went on to play right into the hands of leftists who have accused the VP of “white nationalism.” “Milton Friedman’s ideas made more sense in the 1980s,” said Vance, “because they were being advocated in a country that still had a very rich and powerful institutional Christianity.” Then, the vice president seemed to discard the very foundation of free market economics by saying, “American economic policy on the right is now much more Alexander Hamilton than it is Milton Friedman. I think that’s obviously a good thing.”
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