On taxes , George W. Bush sounded more populist than Trump . 
George W Bush
Bush did this all the time . 
For all the run-up talk about how Trump was pivoting back to "populism ," and how he would describe reform as a way to "un-rig" * the economy , Trump said less about gains for average taxpayers than George W. Bush did when he successfully sold his 2001 tax cuts . 
Compare this with the aggressive sales pitch that George W. Bush used to pitch his first round of tax cuts . 
In his first address to Congress , Bush told several stories to describe the most needful beneficiaries of tax cuts -- the working class . 
It would also be fair to say that , while Trump won a smaller share of the popular vote than Bush ever did , hundreds of thousands of voters in key Rust Belt states who 'd rarely voted for a Republican went for Trump , which should say something about his version of populism . 
Bush tucked that information inside a couple of memorable examples -- the cost of gas and tuition . 
Bush went on to describe a hokey , but effective , appeal for help from two voters from the important swing state of Pennsylvania .
[TGT] did this all the time . 
For all the run-up talk about how Trump was pivoting back to "populism ," and how he would describe reform as a way to "un-rig" * the economy , Trump said less about gains for average taxpayers than [TGT] did when he successfully sold his 2001 tax cuts . 
Compare this with the aggressive sales pitch that [TGT] used to pitch [TGT] first round of tax cuts . 
In [TGT] first address to Congress , [TGT] told several stories to describe the most needful beneficiaries of tax cuts -- the working class . 
It would also be fair to say that , while Trump won a smaller share of the popular vote than [TGT] ever did , hundreds of thousands of voters in key Rust Belt states who 'd rarely voted for a Republican went for Trump , which should say something about [TGT] version of populism . 
[TGT] tucked that information inside a couple of memorable examples -- the cost of gas and tuition . 
[TGT] went on to describe a hokey , but effective , appeal for help from two voters from the important swing state of Pennsylvania .