Donald Trump’s legacy: Will Republicans embrace his political vision, or has he left conservatism in the dust?

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Former Ambassador-at-Large Nathan Sales analyzes how the U.S. should handle talks with weakened Iranian leadership on 'The Story.' We call it "Trumpism" for short, the collection of positions, policies and preferences embraced by the president of the United States. But does all this amount to a coherent philosophy that can be carried out by future Republicans once Donald Trump is no longer in office? And where does that leave conservatism? Trump never pretended to be a classic conservative, which deeply divided the movement. There are those who quietly abandoned their previous views and have backed virtually everything Trump does, from tariffs to deportations to the war in Iran. CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST SAYS DONALD TRUMP HAS LOST THE COUNTRY. IT’S COMPLICATED. Whether so-called "Trumpism" has a future in the Republican Party is a hot point of debate. (