Skepticism doesn’t hurt. As far as Trump goes I think he’s lived his life as a conservative he’s built businesses, he’s made payrollshe’s employed hundreds of thousands of people he understands the dynamic between government and business he’s a natural.
You make a good point. He has operated in a certain sense as a conservative. However, his politics of the last couple of decades have not reflected that. In my mind that is the problem. I see two Donald Trumps, the present and the past. I am willing to be convinced that the present is real, albeit newly appeared, but I am not yet. I also don’t buy into the whole “Lyin’ Ted” shtick of his. I don’t believe him. It may have helped him stay ahead in the primary process, but it has also poisoned the well with many conservatives. In other words, it is penny wise but pound foolish. Far better it would have been for him to go with Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment.
Donald is the proverbial bull in the china shop. He may well clear the china shop of everyone and be the proprietor. But what will be left?