I think I see your problem. You seem to be under the illusion Trump is a straight up republican; he really isn’t. I see him as a true Independent and not how the Independents like bernie sanders defines it. So what you see as socialism is really more of a centrist attitude. Not centrist as how either party defines it either; I mean centrist when the center was truly center-right (5.5) and not at 4-4.5 as I see it now on a scale of 1-10.
I could be wrong...