If this were true, you'd oppose Kristol and other neoconservatives, who are welfare state Republicans. They (like the Bush administration) have no beef with LBJ's Great Society, except when they don't get to be the ones running it.
Nobody beats Trump at favoring big government. After all, he’s partnered so much with the Democrats and with governments to get money. He’s also a big baby killer, but that’s no longer a conservative position supported, I suppose, for Trumpsters. And it used to be most people wouldn’t back a Clinton pal, but it works for you. Hey, for you, better a Clinton pal than a neo-con for you.