I listened to Rush today, and I don’t think he was negative on Trump at all, just pointing out that Conservatism isn’t ideologically pure and attacking Trump on the grounds that he’s ‘not conservative enough’ is a laugh since no one can agree what Conservatism is, and the base(not us) don’t really give a hoot about conservatism anyway and are instead NATIONALISTS.
I don’t think “nationalist” really fits. The populism Trump is tapping into is more anti-Progressive than anything else.
There’s certainly a nationalist component, but also free speech/thought/conscience and free market economics components. What it all adds up to is that Progressives have been using SJW tactics to drag society in a direction counter to society’s wishes and out of proportion to the Progressives own numbers. Using bullying tactics that a bunch of the public is well and truly tired of. And that portion of the public is now flocking to Trump ...