Trump is 'vehicle' for post-liberal backlash: political theorist

Confrontation brewing between elites and working class, says Patrick Deneen

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Patrick Deneen says the more liberalism has succeeded, the more it has failed. (Photo by Liv Berger)

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WASHINGTON -- The rise of free market economics and the expansion of social liberation have sparked a backlash that U.S. President Donald Trump tapped into in his rise to power, said Patrick Deneen, professor of political theory at the University of Notre Dame.

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