Politics is based on social identity, and so, again, there is going to be differences between rural and urban and between left and right.
David BrooksPresident-elect [Donald] Trump's ambassador to Israel is further to the right than almost anyone in Israel, further to the right than Bibi Netanyahu on the settlements, and almost opposes the two-state solution, doesn't he?
David BrooksIt's part of Donald Trump's psychodynamics to always care about his press coverage intensely. He's more interested in that than anything else.
David BrooksBasically, global capitalism, basically to support it, or is it to be opposed? Is international order to be supported, or is it to be opposed? Republicans have taken a very clear line. Democrats can have a different version of the line, or they can just say, no, we are the party of international peace and activism, and we're the party that's going to have a civilized capitalism.
David Brooks