Trump opened the Overton Window on a host of issues - American Thinker

Trump opened the Overton Window on a host of issues - American Thinker

"The Overton Window is a concept that politicians are limited in what policy ideas they can support. They will generally only consider initiatives that are accepted by a critical mass of society as viable options. 

Such policies are said to lie inside the Overton Window. 

Although other policy ideas exist, politicians risk losing popular support (and elections) if they pursue them. 

These policies lie outside the Overton Window. 

To open the Overton Window means to let in ideas that were previously toxic to politicians. 

In other word, ideas that heretofore were verboten are now considered respectable for debate in the political world.

...Donald Trump is the exception. 

He opened the Overton Window wide to let in a whole host of issues that the ruling class had long kept out of the public dialogue. 

• These issues can be grouped under an umbrella called America First or Make America Great Again (MAGA).  This is Donald Trump's major accomplishment...On foreign affairs, putting America First was on the outside of the Overton Window before Trump came to town...

...For all of this, Trump drew the hatred of the establishment. 

...Hopefully enough conservative Republicans will step up to the plate and build on what President Trump has made possible...Read all.