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It must be very difficult for someone who wrote for Irving Kristol to comprehend what is going on - and if they do comprehend it, it is probable that they will not like it very much.

“You walk into the room with your pencil in your hand
You see somebody naked and you say, “Who is that man?”
You try so hard but you don’t understand
Just what you will say when you get home
Because something is happening here but you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mr. Jones?

You raise up your head and you ask, “Is this where it is?”
And somebody points to you and says, “It’s his”
And you say, “What’s mine?” and somebody else says, “Well, what is?”
And you say, “Oh my God, am I here all alone?”
But something is happening and you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mr. Jones?

You hand in your ticket and you go watch the geek
Who immediately walks up to you when he hears you speak
And says, “How does it feel to be such a freak?”
And you say, “Impossible!” as he hands you a bone
And something is happening here but you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mr. Jones?

You have many contacts among the lumberjacks
To get you facts when someone attacks your imagination
But nobody has any respect, anyway they already expect you to all give a check
To tax-deductible charity organizations

Ah, you’ve been with the professors and they’ve all liked your looks
With great lawyers you have discussed lepers and crooks
You’ve been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s books
You’re very well-read, it’s well-known
But something is happening here and you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mr. Jones?

Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you and then he kneels
He crosses himself and then he clicks his high heels
And without further notice, he asks you how it feels
And he says, “Here is your throat back, thanks for the loan”
And you know something is happening but you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mr. Jones?

Now, you see this one-eyed midget shouting the word “Now”
And you say, “For what reason?” and he says, “How”
And you say, “What does this mean?” and he screams back, “You’re a cow!
Give me some milk or else go home”
And you know something’s happening but you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mr. Jones?

Well, you walk into the room like a camel, and then you frown
You put your eyes in your pocket and your nose on the ground
There ought to be a law against you comin’ around
You should be made to wear earphones
‘Cause something is happening and you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mr. Jones?” - Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited, 1965

I originally supported Cruz. I wasn't sure how Trump would be as president because of his mercurial nature, lack of a formal underlying philosophy, doubts about sticking to his pro-life stance and the appearance of a lack of personal discipline.

I was mistaken. Trump is the man for our nation, in our era. Trump has hit all the right notes in his first year, mostly picks the right friends, smokes out the enemy and usually picks the right battles.

There still remained the problem of the lack of an underlying philosophy for him to apply. We knew what Reaganism was based on, the triad of strong defense/small government/traditional values ... the triad.

We Americans are used to making our declarations, our Federalist Papers, our Common Sense pamphlets, our Publius documents, etc. Then we set out to make it happen. But most of the world, and most of history isn't like that.

Most of the time something develops organically, to meet people's needs. Certainly the free market continually does that. Outside of Esperanto, all languages do that. The framework to describe the result comes after.

There is enough of a consistent thread with President Trump that even now Grammar of Trump is being fleshed out by people who are good at that sort of thing. It starts with Love of Country, and the Good in it. That's a good base, and it is conservative. More than a nod is made at least to Christian values, on which our country and western civilization have been based.

Trumpism is not utopian, despite the regularly soaring rhetoric, because it builds on the good without starting from scratch to avoid massive social disruption. It is the "resistance" who are pushing for massive, foundational disruption. Trumpism is, however, confident, not afraid of recognizing enemies, and confronting them.

These are principles on which nations and peoples are built. This time the building is going to go up before the plans are fully spelled out.

It is a great counter to the termites that will undermine the best of plans before they can ever go into effect.

Donald Trump's surprisingly good State of the Union speech

At the third word, you knew this was a clueless writer, even if, surprisingly Barone got a few things right.

If you go back and read the President's inaugural address and four or five speeches of substance on the economy, foreign affairs and such, you can't possibly be surprised. The president has a great speech writing team, more substantive than Reagan's Peggy Noonan.

Barone is a conservative? With friends like him, PDJT doesn't need the likes of Schumer and Pelosi.