Con­ser­v­a­tives eye sec­ond-term Trump agen­da with hope and skep­ti­cism

For­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump is putting his stamp on the Repub­li­can plat­form, and not all con­ser­v­a­tives like it.
There has been a sub­stan­tial revi­sion to the plank on abor­tion, along with a reduc­tion in the num­ber of times the issue is men­tioned com­pared to 2016. There has been anti-abor­tion lan­guage in the plat­form since 1976, though this has been the first that will be adopt­ed after the rever­sal of Roe v. Wade.
Gone are the ref­er­ences to debt and deficits that have been a sta­ple of recent past plat­forms. Repub­li­can admin­is­tra­tions have not had a great track record on these issues for decades, but there was at least an aspi­ra­tional com­mit­ment to fis­cal dis­ci­pline in the par­ty that often reassert­ed itself when Democ­rats held the White House. Pub­lic debt is set to jump to 122% of GDP in the decade fol­low­ing the elec­tion.
Tar­iffs are in, though they are cou­pled with tax cuts for work­ing fam­i­lies. Trump h …