I am hopeful that he was, and that he was the last Uniparty president too. Before Trump, what difference did having an R or a D after the name make?
Trump acquired the R brand and is remaking it. The old GOP didn’t pay any attention to its values and principles anyway.
Trump ran as an R because that was where the opening to the White House existed at the time. He’s pro-business but a nationalist which throws them all into a tizzy on both sides of the aisle. Globalists within the R party will need to take their little red wagon and start a third party, likely beginning next year but certainly by 2020.