@Maj. Bill Martin So he is as consistent and predictable as Hillary is in terms of what he'll do in office? Rather than argue with that myself, I'll just point out that a lot of other nevertrumpers condemn him because he is unpredictable and cannot be trusted.
I can't answer for what anyone else has said. All I know is that past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior. I haven't seen a single thing from Trump that makes me believe I should vote for him.
Can't you see that you are being incredibly selective about what you choose to believe? Was he being truthful when he said those things to Scarborough, or just trying to pander to MSNBC voters? I don't think you're being consistent in rejecting everything conservative he says as being disingenuous, but accepting everything he says that is liberal as reflecting his actual views. If he is not trustworthy, then both the conservative and the liberal things he says cannot be trusted as reflecting his true views.
Selective? Seriously? I'm taking the man at his word. You, apparently, are trying to invest him with qualities you want him to have.
Trump doesn't have a single accomplishment for the cause of conservatism under his belt. He does have a history of defending, praising, and donating to Hillary Clinton. And he's a practiced con man who is very good at telling people what they want to hear.
But he's just not that bright, and he can't help but fly that progressive flag of his, even thought smarter people are there to try to keep him in check. Good Lord, look at the big government programs he's proposing.
He can
say anything, but conservatives used to look beyond empty words and examine a man's history.
My guess - and that's really all it can be at this point -- is that he's a basic East Coast, Rockefeller Republican. That is not ever a POV I have espoused, but I see it as preferable to the hard leftism, particularly on social issues, that we'd get from Hillary. But in any case, that still remains just a guess. Which leads me right back to preferring the unpredictable, untrustworthy to someone I can predict and trust to do exactly the wrong things.
Well, he said he was "catering" to Republicans right now, so I think that's as far as it goes with him. I believe Trump has shown us all along what he is. In addition to his liberalism, he's shockingly ignorant, mentally unstable, and morally repellent.