“I find it especially strange that many of the Trump supporters think it’s unfair to quote Trump or to site his biography. His character, words, past behavior are all off limits for some of his supporters.”
Yes, people have their past, but God allows us to make choices and by that be changed in heart and mind toward him or away from him.
Trump seems to me to be shifting more toward righteous anger - things in line with God as Jesus also displayed. He is fighting for our country.
Cruz, Rubio and others seem to be shifting more toward self. They are fighting for a job and haven’t been dying their current jobs very well, they deserve to be fired not promoted.
Trump’s commitment to God seems very novel, like his commitment to conservative politics. If he’s sincere, that’s great. He is, nonetheless, still a dilettante, yet he is also a very confident one.