I would call directly advocating for a Canadian style single payer socialist health care system a little bit more than a "liberal streak". This is much more radical than what Obama pushed through and we fought that tooth and nail.
To eliminate the national debt, though.
So now that the debt is 14 trillion what makes you think Trump wouldn't advocate a 14 trillion wealth surcharge to "eliminate the national debt"? Is that something you'd support? If so, there are a lot of progressives/socialists who would be glad to know their agenda has support on a forum like Free Republic.
But, I much prefer Trump to dishonest liberals like Mitt Romney. He is far better candidate than John McCain.
How is it any less dishonest when Trump starts changing his past positions and statements now that he's considering running in the Republican primary? Like Romney, Trump used to be pro abortion - and now the both of them flip flopped and are supposedly pro life. Trump just 10 years ago gave a long interview to some gay magazine when he was thinking of running as a reform candidate. Back them he believed in a "very strong domestic partnership law" that would give gays effective marriage rights, now, he is against it. I just don't see how Trump is any less dishonest than Romney. They are both chameleons who say whatever they need to say to win.
Because the debt is almost three times as high as it was in 2000 and taking that sort of money out of the economy would destroy it. You don't think Trump is smart enough to know that?
There WAS validity and advantages to wiping out the national debt at the time.
I just don't see how Trump is any less dishonest than Romney
I don't see a thing conservative about Romney's record. I do see some conservative beliefs that Trump has had and has had for a long time. That doesn't mean I'd vote for either in a primary.