without fiscal prudence and sound morals, there can be no conservatism......fact is that Trump is not a conservative at all.....he is a panderer.....as for his tax cut, he is true to the belief that most Americans are small people on the shoulders of giants
That's pretty right on.
@XenaLee is right too, though - He is good to the military, and is restoring our defensive posture. He is getting us out of foreign entanglements, or at least attempting same, **so far**... But without the imperative of principles, that could change on a whim, and he could easily bury us in another war (with Venezuela, for instance)... And wag-the-dog is probably a viable option if he sags too far publicly before the next election (IMHO).
Likewise with the tax cut - A very conservative position... IF TIED TO spending cuts and a balanced budget... but it's the spending, stupid...
So yeah, he feigns conservatism, but doesn't live by it, so he is guessing with his finger in... the air.
As for border security, given that the situation along the mexican border has been improving for the last 20 years, there are more important issues to be deal with in the country...
That is not true. Just from the positions of drug interdiction, and the burden of illegal aliens on resources, the cost of a border fence and influx of security would largely be paid for in a year.
That's well worth doing.
.....problem is that he has taken the wall, or the fence, or the steel slats or whatever you want to call it to his base and they are blindly running with 'build that wall'
I am no fan of Tump, being far, far to the right from him. But damn well right, build the wall (and enforce the law).
By the way, how does somebody blindly commit billions of dollars to an abstract concept ..... shouldn't there be any details to the proposal or is 'whatever you want to call it' enough.
Wrong again. Walls are enormously effective, and not an abstract concept at all. Without borders there is no nation. Perhaps you can show me another nation with means that has open borders and lets folks just walk on in and get on the dole...
WRONG........the is not conservatism...
YES - The border is most definitely Conservative, and has been something conservatives have been screaming for for three decades...
...he is a bright light distracting a bunch of moths
That part is right...