There were reasons why some conservatives didn’t like Trump during the primaries. He’s changed his voter registration 6 times. He supports an infrastructure plan bigger than Obama’s. He was on video saying everyone would be covered by healthcare and “the government will pay for it.” There wa the old video of hm with Russert talking about how completely pro-choice he was. (I know he took a pro-life position, but nobody believed Romney had genuinely switched.)
So some conservatives were hesitant about Trump based on his history. However, he campaigned on generally conservative themes (infrastructure excepted), and he has been a good president who has disappointed, if at all, only on a few things (such as signing a massive spending bill after saying he wouldn’t sign another one.)
I can see why conservatives didn’t fully support him during the primaries. I was one. Once he became the nominee, most of the reasons to oppose him went away, especially as the campaign went along. (And especially since he was the Not Hillary candidate.)
As president, he has been much better than the Trump-skeptical conservatives expected. Even a lot of “Never Trump” conservatives are generally pleased with his performance. So there is even less reason to oppose his re-election in 2020.
All of your points can be explained with this.
I’m in the NE. I hate this place. Well, I love the place - it’s beautiful (Well.. sorta. I mean, it’s about half a dump. Like a 1990’s Detroit) so I can explain it in a way that others can’t.
Donald Trump is a New Yorker.
New Yorkers and New Jerseyites are simply the worst.