Brian Riedl, a conservative who was once the chief economist for Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), does not think much of the Republican Party’s 2024 platform. Writing in the Washington Post, Riedl argued that Trump’s platform is “economically incoherent and not remotely conservative,” and he takes the GOP to task for not even mentioning the nation’s budget deficit, which he says would only be made worse by the platform’s calls for expanded tax cuts and higher military spending. Riedl also mocks plans in the platform to fund an Israeli-style “Iron Dome” missile shield that he argues “would surely come …