I know this thread has run its course, but to respond to your question,,,,,
I must honestly say that in some cases he is.
Trump has never been a true blue conservative. While I voted for him 3 times, I will never claim he is conservative.
However, I’m not sure true conservatism will ever win in America anymore, because true conservativism is only shared by maybe 30% of our population.
Go ahead and try to get into a debate with anyone on who claims to be a true conservative, and you will sadly learn that almost 70% of those who claim to be conservative, are actually more liberal in many ways.
A result of 60 years of social engineering in our education system from preschool to graduate college. Add in Hollywood’s influence, along with major leftist’s newspapers that dominated America up until the internet stole the limelight, and now the internet, and you will find that even some who claim to be strong conservatives have some fairly liberal beliefs.
Me???? I m and always have been somewhat to the right of Atilla the Hun.
But then I am a pessimist, in that the country if a screwed, and all the bantering about on the facts and politics will never bring America back to where it needs to be to even get close to what it was before FDR gained power.
I agree with what you posted. I believe many are confused about what is considered conservative anymore.
I am also pessimistic because I believe we are too far gone to ever get back to what America was in my youth.
A lot of damage has been done by both parties and we have gotten fat, lazy, and distracted by things of all types. We quit being vigilant as our freedom has been whittled away by the greedy ones we elect. None of them seem to care about the citizens who they were supposed to represent, but instead, they lie and ignore them.
Very sad to see.