Unwilling to go through an abortion or an adoption — despite their parents' pleas — Darcy and Stan decide to sacrifice their college experiences and degrees in order to keep and raise the baby.

How Trump navigates it, that is, whether he will or even can keep both tendencies within his very large circus tent, will give us a clue about the next few years or decades of GOP politics.

Advertisement Can Trump and Congressional Republicans do enough good over the next two years to win enough hearts and minds to keep Democrats out the old-fashioned way? That remains to be seen.