Mar 16, 2017
The election of President Donald Trump has challenged the political
machine of conservativism. Now, many on the right are grappling
with how to make sense of “Trumpism” and whether it fits into the
conservative movement that’s been developing over the past few
decades. A new policy and political journal, “American Affairs,”
aims to intellectualize the Trumpism movement as it unfolds. The
publication is led by Julius Krein, a 2008 Harvard University
graduate, who joins professors Julian Zelizer and Sam Wang on this
episode of Politics & Polls. Krein is an American political writer
and the founding editor of American Affairs. He first went into a
career in finance, working for several firms, including Bank of
America and the Blackstone Group, before leaving finance to found
and edit American Affairs.