A SHIFT IN STRATEGY — NOT IDEOLOGY Donald Trump is urging the GOP to raise taxes on high-income earners. Specifically, the push is for a return to the pre-2017 top marginal rate of 39.6% for individuals making $2.5 million or more, or couples earning $5 million. Also on the table: eliminating the carried interest loophole — a long-protected tax privilege for private equity and venture capital. On the surface, these moves seem to conflict with long-standing Republican orthodoxy. But what’s happening now isn’t ideological contradiction — it’s strategic recalibration. And it suggests a Republican platform that is shifting to secure new coalitions while navigating internal and external economic pressure. TIMING MATTERS: WHY THIS CONVERSATION IS HAPPENING NOW Several converging forces…
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