Well said Jim! I fail to understand how so many deny that Trump is running as a conservative. Better still, he’s running as an American first. Refreshing to see that. Everything you laid out is pretty damn conservative to me.
Nobody argues that Trump is running as a conservative, only whether Trump actually is a conservative. His campaign speeches indicate that he is, but a great many of his recent pre-campaign statements declare opposite views. The pragmatist George W. Bush ran as a conservative but we learned after his election that he never really was. If Trump wins the nomination, we will be left to pray that his professed conversion is real and lasting.