I went to rally in San Diego. Long wait standing on hard floor was grueling. His talk there was nothing like this one. It was the speech in which, aamong other topics, he railed against Mexican judge.
Those who still want to debate “true” conservatism need to understand that the first and most important characteristic of a true conservative is the ability to realize the real danger of the true enemy, and then to devise an effective plan to overcome that.
Words are meaningless when this perspective is not the foundation of conservative politics.
In this case, I would say that liberal-sponsored entitlement and political correctness run amok (combined with the threat of radical Islam) are the true dangers. Trump has a comprehensive plan to confront these problems and while it will obviously not be easy to reverse the drift of several decades, the alternatives are either denial or further harmful wrong-headed doubling down of past mistakes.
At this point, I think the remaining hostility to Trump among Republicans broadly speaking must come down to jealousy — he did what they could not do, either this year or in the past. This would be an awful excuse for standing off to one side in these historic times, and the reward for that choice will be perpetual shame (and the end of careers or tarnishing of reputations) especially if Trump were to lose because of this lack of unity.