In Europe “the right” was traditionally monarchist and statist. Conservatives were “conserving” that tradition. So nationalism and statism are considered “right” there. In America we kicked the Euro “conservatives” (monarchist Tories) out after the revolution and founded our country on classic liberalism. So here “conservatism” is about conserving classic liberalism.
The “left” is the same in both places.
Wrong. Classical Liberalism is better represented by Libertarians, not Conservatives.