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We should feel nostalgic for the first Trump term

The president’s first term was committed to the free market. His second, not so much.

President-elect Donald Trump arrives and kisses his wife Melania before the Inauguration on January 20, 2017 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)
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Matthew Lynn is a financial columnist and author. He writes for the Daily Telegraph and the Spectator in London.

There are plenty of things we all probably feel nostalgic for. Vinyl records, even for people too young to have ever actually owned one. Or getting letters through the mail. And right now, it is starting to look as if we can add one more to the list: the first Trump term.

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