Trump embraces Dem policies traditionally rejected by GOP in bid to build 'party of common sense'

President Donald Trump's second-term policies, including drug price controls and tax reforms, reflect a blend of Republican and Democratic ideas.

As liberals and media talking heads bashed Trump on the campaign trail as a "threat to democracy" and compared him to Adolf Hitler, roughly four months into his administration, Trump has rolled out policies or made favorable remarks toward issues that Democrats have long rallied around during campaign events or in the chambers of Congress. 

Trump held a press conference flanked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other health officials on Monday morning to sign an executive order to lower drug prices by up to 80%. The executive order specifically "directs the U.S. Trade Representative and Secretary of Commerce to take action to ensure foreign countries are not engaged in practices that purposefully and unfairly undercut market prices and drive price hikes in the United States."