Ronald Reagan was a democrat from California before he was a conservative. What ever Trump is its irrelevant. It’s the message that resonates with his supporters.
Reagan was never like Trump - and he was not running for President 15 minutes after adopting some conservative positions.
Imho all the other “Conservative” candidates should be ashamed of themselves. Trump sell a better Conservative message than they do in the last 8 months. I know ppl doubt Trump is a Conservative, but he does do better job at selling Conservative than the others