Trump 2024 Doesn’t Have Jeb

And that could make all the difference.

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (R) criticizes former Governor Jeb Bush (L) as journalists watch the debate on monitors in Manchester, New Hampshire. February 6, 2016.

Rick Wilking/Reuters

We’ll find out how much juice Donald Trump has in GOP presidential politics over the year ahead, but one thing he won’t have is a Jeb Bush–like foil.

Bush is an honorable man and accomplished public servant who served, largely through circumstances beyond his control, as the ideal opponent for Trump in 2016.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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