Actually no. I don’t know anyone that doesn’t like Trump that I would call a conservative.
Maybe it’s semantics.. These political names have different meanings to different people. I still use the term “conservative” to describe the smart people who were right about everything.
If Ronald Reagan was hands-down your favorite POTUS in your lifetime, I probably consider you conservative. Reagan said government isn’t the solution to the problem - government IS the problem. Reagan wasn’t able to shrink the government or make it accountable. He didn’t win that battle, but he was telling the truth - and the truth is like a flame that must be kept burning for some future battle - and Reagan did that.
If Trump is hands down your second favorite lifetime POTUS - and giving Reagan a run for his money - I probably consider you a conservative. Trump is a lot different than Reagan - or is he? He doesn’t talk a lot about government being too big - he’s not that philosophical - but he does talk about using common sense - and he does talk about corruption and incompetence in government - and putting America First and giving the people their rightful seat at the table. Common sense and conservatism seem like they might turn out to be the same thing in the end. If so, President Trump is ultra conservative.
If George Washington was you favorite all-time POTUS I probably consider you conservative. Washington won the Revolution for us and supposedly was offered the title of king - he turned it down and that is why we have elected Presidents with term limits instead. If that story is true - it says it all.
I guess what I saying is that I have to talk with someone before I call him a conservative - and if he doesn’t love Trump he ain’t conservative in my book.
It was interesting that Musk talked more about gov’t spending leading to inflation than Trump did. Of course, Trump really can’t say anything because he added to the debt as well. Trump is trying to promise things he can do with the Congress as it is instead of getting blocked like last time.
But Trump is the greatest POTUS in my lifetime after Reagan.
While the left hated Reagan and undermined him, they also worked with him on deals, something today’s Democrats will never do unless it hands them a full victory (like an assault weapons ban).