Honor Patrick J. Buchanan with the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Buchanan, like Trump, defends the United States and its history.
54% : It was the conservatism of Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge that reflected Buchanan's philosophy the most: a commitment to limited government, a protectionist trade policy, and a realist foreign policy.
48% : During the 1990s and into the 2000s, Buchanan was a voice of one calling in the wilderness, warning the nation about unrestricted immigration, free-trade agreements that were decimating the middle class and outsourcing our manufacturing base, and the consequences of the neoconservative and liberal internationalism that resulted in endless wars.
43% : For decades both the Republican Party and the conservative movement had embraced liberal internationalism characterized by free trade, open borders, and promoting democracy overseas.
34% : In a 2017 interview with POLITICO, Buchanan stated that his "ideas made it," but "I didn't." When Trump selected Vance as his running mate, many free-market conservatives were disappointed, and others stated that the Republican Party was now the party of Pat Buchanan.

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