A subservient Trump bows to Iowa's ethanol establishment

By Timothy P. Carney, Timothy P. Carney

Published December 20, 2015

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American liberals are notoriously bad at understanding conservative arguments. Donald Trump may be the worst of them all.

The Manhattan billionaire keeps accidentally adopting the positions of Hillary Clinton — whom he has long supported with donations — because he confuses pro-business corporatism with pro-market free enterprise.

Falling behind Ted Cruz in Iowa polls, Trump's comeback strategy is to pander to the Hawkeye State's ethanol bandits and attack Cruz for standing on principle.