By Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
March 30, 2026
Opinions on Donald Trump range widely. Is he a despot aiming at dictatorship, or is he a forceful and effective leader, beset by victims of Trump Derangement Syndrome ? Whatever you may think of him, one fact should not be controversial. He constantly changes his policies, veering from one position to another as the spirit moves him.
He is what Ayn Rand called a "whim worshiper." As she said in 1964, "What does it mean, to act on whim ? It means that a man acts like a zombie, without any knowledge of what he deals with, what he wants to accomplish, or what motivates him.