Am I actually wrong here about Trump being closer to libertarianism than Democrats in some major areas?
I got buried in r/AskReddit for saying Trump isn’t a libertarian, but that parts of his agenda overlap more with libertarian principles than Biden/Harris on things like taxes, deregulation, gun rights and shrinking parts of the federal bureaucracy. I also acknowledged that tariffs, immigration restrictions, deficit spending and government ownership stakes are clearly not libertarian.
The replies mostly said “Trump isn’t libertarian” as if it disproved the narrower comparison I was making.
Am I missing something, or is “Trump the furthest thing from a libertarian” just as overstated as calling him one?
Either way I’m being downvoted because of Reddit hive mind…