In the 2016 United States Presidential election , Michael Anton wrote under the pseudonym Publius Decius Mus to put forward a conservative intellectual defence of the positions of then candidate Donald Trump . His writings were aimed at Republicans that held Trump was not politically conservative enough to represent the party . He wrote that a risk of self-sacrifice was necessary to save the nation , maintaining that progressives had brought it to the brink of destruction . He used the actions of the passengers on United Airlines Flight 93 as an analogy
United Airlines Flight 93
United Airlines Flight 93
Publius Decius Mus (consul 340 BC)