Populism is both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, as a country that bases its leadership on those who win elections, our leaders should be popular. On the other hand, our country’s institutions are there to keep a steady head on solving the nation’s challenges.

Cicero summed it up well, writing, “Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.”

With new shifts in federal roles, Americans can expect a wide array of policy course corrections, as well as changes in foods, beverages, and rules of the road for the companies that produce them. 

If it wasn’t clear before, with the MAHA Report published last month, this is now clearer than ever. The President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission will now set its sights on a new strategy roadmap to be released in August.

While government steering market outputs isn’t traditionally a Republican idea, it is further evidence that something else is currently driving politics: populism. The problem is that this new........

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