[Elderberry]

Trump is by far the most conservative candidate in both deed and platform

I believe you may be right, if you are using Trump's definition of conservative.

I heard him state that since the root word of conservative is conserve, then conservative means one who conserves money.

And since Trump intends to conserve his money, that makes him a conservative.

[catfish1957]

is conserve, then conservative means one who conserves money.

Too bad Trump didn't have more time in the debate to cover the word "assume" too.