Trump is a faux conservative.
No, Trump’s pretty straightforward about his positions and how they haven’t always been purely conservative—though he was a Republican back to being a national fundraiser for Reagan.
Carson and Fiorina aren’t any more conservative than Powell or Snow.
The Donald is not and never was a “conservative” in the sense of the term well understood by most of the regular participants of Free Republic.
What he is (and this is perhaps his strongest virtue), is an excellent salesman and negotiator. The Donald does it just for the sport of the game, and if also incidentally he takes a nice profit out of it, that is just gravy on top of the meat and potatoes.
And the pursuit of the Presidency is probably one of the biggest deals The Donald has ever engaged in, with stakes higher than anything else in the world.
The Donald used to own casinos, you know that? And when it ceased to be a profitable operation, it got axed. No hesitation, no mercy.
The three position papers he has published so far don’t scream liberal to me. The things he has to say certainly don’t either. His books are not liberal, and his success in business is not typical of a liberal either. So exactly what is it that you say Trump is a faux conservative?