“Trump is too honest”

Has Donald Trump completely taken over the Republican party? Is he a true conservative? And what are his chances in the fight against the unchained Democrats? Matt Schlapp, head of the oldest conservative lobby group in the US, tells Die Weltwoche why the political renegade is exactly what America needs. Looking at the two dozen Democrat candidates Schlapp says: “They are all left” but, “They are mimicking Trump.”

"Very painful.” Matt Schlapp, Republican White House veteran and husband of Trump White House communications survivor Mercedes Schlapp, winces at the memory of then-candidate Donald Trump thrashing his 2016 Republican primary competitors with the brute force of a pro-wrestler.
In Washington terms and Republican circles, Schlapp is a classic company man — a successful product of the traditional, political career ladder. Now, a literal white hair of the Republican Party, the 51-year old advised former President George W. Bush before taking over the American Conservative Union, the oldest conservative lobbying group in the country. Upon becoming its leader five years ago, the telev ...