# Harry V. Jaffa American political philosopher (1918–2015) and student of [[Leo Strauss]]; the founder of **West Coast [[Straussianism]]**. Through the [[Claremont Institute]] he fused Straussian natural right with a reverence for the American Founding and [[Abraham Lincoln]], supplying much of the intellectual scaffolding later drawn on by Trump-era [[National Conservatism]]. > [!info] Stub — created 2026-06-06 as a link target for the [[Philosophy]] subject buildout. Expand with biography and the Jaffa–Bork and Jaffa–Bloom debates.