7 Issues Where Donald Trump is MORE Libertarian than Gary Johnson

7 Issues Where Donald Trump is MORE Libertarian than Gary Johnson

By Dallas Brooks

There doesn’t seem to be a lot of middle ground with Donald Trump.  You either love him or you hate him.  For every Republican Twitter account with “Make America Great Again” in the bio, there is a “#NeverTrump” lurking right behind it.  Those who oppose Trump usually claim the libertarian mantle, and most of them have jumped on board the Gary Johnson train.

What if liberty-loving Republicans and Libertarians are wrong?  Is it possible that Donald Trump is actually MORE Libertarian than Gary Johnson?

Here are seven reasons why this might be true:

Every Cake You Bake.

Gary Johnson believes that the government should compel private businesses, with deadly force, to do something they disagree with.  Austin Peterson hammered this point in the Libertarian debate with John Stossel earlier this year, and the governor admitted that he would force a Jewish baker to bake a Nazi-themed cake.  I wonder if the governor would compel a Muslim baker to make a cake with the image of Muhammed?  Can a Civil War historian compel Walmart to make a Confederate Flag themed cake now despite their new policy banning it?

Donald Trump says he’s for “religious freedom.”  That puts him more firmly in line with the 1st Amendment, and isn’t that a more Libertarian position than compelling by force?