He built a successful investment firm by supporting successful young businesses like Staples.
But as Noah Millman writes on Substack, people in the MAGA movement take a different view of Romney.
Millman’s underlying point is it’s not sufficient to say that Trump is leading a band of morally challenged people to power.
The people I regard as upright and admirable MAGA regards as morally disgraceful, and the people I regard as corrupt and selfish MAGA regards as heroic.
The crucial distinction is that some of us have an institutional mind-set while the MAGA mind-set is anti-institutional.
Persons:
Mitt Romney, Donald Trump, Noah Millman, MAGA, Romney compliantly, Trump
Organizations:
Staples, Republican
Locations:
Romney, Washington