Prominent Libertarians Launch Movement Backing Donald Trump “Libertarians for Trump” group claims mogul is
candidate "whose views are closest to libertarianism” Adan Salazar | Infowars.com, 3/18/16
A pair of Libertarian ideologues have
established an organization attempting to rally support behind Republican
presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.
The “Libertarians for Trump” group,
created earlier this week by LewRockwell.com editors Dr. Donald Miller and economics
professor Walter E. Block, admits “it has its work cut out for it in mobilizing
massive support for Donald Trump within the libertarian community.”
This is because, Block writes, “there
are some libertarians who oppose supporting any politician for political
office, even a 99% pure one such as Dr. Ron Paul.”
“There are several issues upon which
libertarians do not and cannot support Donald Trump. For example, protectionism,”
writes Block. “But, typically, regarding the issues where Mr. Trump deviates
from libertarianism, so do the other candidates.”
While a true Libertarian candidate would
more closely embody the party’s goals than Trump, Block says the group’s
ultimate goal is not to seek a “perfect” candidate, but “to throw our weight
behind the candidate who has a reasonable chance of actually becoming President
of the United States whose views are CLOSEST to libertarianism.” [emphasis
theirs]
And where Trump really stands out, Block
says, is his foreign policy. “As Murray Rothbard and Bob Higgs have
demonstrated over and over again, US foreign policy determines what occurs in
economics and in the field of personal liberties,” writes the senior fellow of
the Ludwig von Mises Institute. “Foreign policy is the dog that wags the other
two tails.”
Acknowledging the Donald is “no Ron Paul
on foreign policy or anything else for that matter,” Block says the businessman
is still “head and shoulders” above his Republican counterparts.
He has said, time and time again, things
like “Look at what we did in Iraq. It’s a mess. Look at what we did in Libya.
It’s a mess there too. And we’re going to repeat our mistakes in Syria? Not on
my watch.” Would Cruz or Rubio ever say anything like that? To ask this
question is to answer it.
Lastly, Block insists Trump may be the
only candidate that could prevent a World War III scenario with Russia. “Who is
the one candidate who went out of his way so as to not antagonize Russia and
Premier Putin? It is the Donald, that is who. Do we really want to fight World
War III with Russia? With Mr. Trump at the helm, we minimize the chances of
this catastrophe occurring.”
Block is asking anyone interested in
joining the group to email him at wblock@loyno.edu,
or to contact Dr. Miller at donaldwmiller@gmail.com.
Prominent Libertarian and founder of the
Ludwig von Mises Institute Lew Rockwell spoke with Infowars in January on the
rise of populism, stating the late Libertarian icon Murray Rothbard would
likely have agreed with Trump on several issues:
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