You shouldn’t drink the Kool-aid, I used to be a radical leftwing Democrat.
Ford changed my direction towards conservatism when he pardoned Nixon. I reread the US Contitution then read, what should be required teading in schools, The Federalist Papers.
Then Reagan sealed the deal.
I do not belittle a change over time. I am suspicious of one that appears sudden and has no history of supporting actions as of yet.
Too many politicians say things to get elected. Trump seems to also exhibit a tendency to oversell with hyperbole, and acknowledges the practice in his book.
I weight his campaign words with a bias from what he says in The Art of the Deal, considering that the deal could be for my vote, not just with Congress.