Trump is no Reagan for sure, but... he’s no wilting flower either.
to the extent that he refuses to “go along to get along”, then he’s a breath of fresh air in this election cycle. i wouldn’t want to see him as the nominee, but we do need to break the hold the “Bushies” have on the GOP machinery. the past 25 years have been tough ones to live through as a conservative. ever since GHWBush reneged on his “no new taxes” pledge, the GOP has been circling the drain.
The Bushes have been an absolute disaster. I once posted on FR that G. W. Bush’s presidency was a failure (even with the White House and both houses of Congress, he was a bigger spender than Clinton, etc.) and some Bush fan girl tried to lambast me. The Republican party now stands for nothing.