Don’t get me wrong, he has highlighted issues that would have never seen the light of day if he were not running, and I applaud him for it, but no one has any idea of where he really stands on anything.
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Actually that is not true. If you read his books you can see a continual thread running through them of love of country, self reliance, disgust with the inefficiency of the government, believing in a strong military that we won’t need to use because of it’s strength, law and order and support for those in law enforcement.
I’m sure I am missing some things but all of these things run consistently throughout all of his books.
I also said, “Is Trump a patriotic American? Absolutely.”
By that I meant some of the things you stated (love of country, self reliance, strong military, law and order). It is hard to be a patriotic American without them!
I do not like him advocating for nationalized healthcare. I don’t like him advocating for big government and interference in free markets (supporting TARP, Obama’s stimulus, other bailouts), I do not like him flipping on abortion (though if has changed his mind for the better, I go with his current stance), I don’t like him advocating for the assault weapons ban... lots of things not to like about Trump and his positions, past or present. No one can say he is a conservative, unless you change the meaning of what “conservative” is.
He is a patriotic American. So is John McCain, based on his Vietnam experience. Neither of them, however, are conservatives.