Trump says all kinds of stuff and then contradicts himself rather quickly. He now suddenly says the Bible is his favorite book, yet can't name a single book or anything else in the Bible that he regards as special to him (kinda fits with the fact he's never asked for forgiveness). It's entirely transparent that he is making this stuff up to appease social conservatives, but Trumpkins don't want to hear it.
Anyone can call themselves a free trader and then not support free trade policies. That is precisely what Trump is doing. Claiming he is for free trade and then babbling on about imposing tariffs. The conservative position is to cut corporate taxes, lower regulations, etc. The populist anti-free trade policies, which are really what Trump supports, are tariffs.
Trump is not a conservative, he is an anti-intellectual populist protectionist that spouts some conservative stuff that he thinks will win over his target audience. So far it is working, but I have faith a majority of GOP primary voters won't fall for it once it comes time to cast ballots.
In the general, I could vote for Trump and I love a lot of what he says but he’s still not my first or second choice in the GOP.
Yes, Beck and others have been talking about this Tariff business lately as well.
I fear you may be right, but hope you are not.