This whole notion of "RINO" has become so absurd. Trump is the biggest RINO around!
What were his thoughts on abortion before becoming a GOP candidate in 2015? It's documented, you don't have to look hard. What is he saying about abortion today now that public sentiment is unfortunately shifting on the topic?
When it comes to spending, Trump is no conservative. He instituted record spending, including advocating for the largest handout in the history of our country. The deficit is larger under Trump than it is even under the current administration.
Trump signed more executive orders in one term than any president since Jimmy Carter. Small government, you say? Ruling by executive fiat is not small government, folks.
Oh, you want to talk about the second amendment, do you? Which president has done the most to restrict firearms than any president since the Clinton AR ban? You guessed it, Donald Trump! The bumpstock ban is the single most stringent firearm restriction we've had since Clinton in the 90s, and all done by executive action, not by congress. 100% on Donald Trump. (And the SCOTUS overturned it recently.)
Oh but we have to secure the border. We had a deal to secure the border. It wasn't perfect. There were likely going to be things in there I didn't like, but when Trump called Speaker Johnson and said don't give this administration the win, is that being concerned about the border? No, it is not.
I could go on, but I'll stop there. I like Donald Trump's policies overall much more than I do the current administrations, but let's not pretend this guy is a conservative. What conservative principle has he shown to possess? Because on the main ones you hear everyone shouting about back and forth, his history is certianly not supurb. Could we say "RINO," perhaps?
Oh well, no chance any of that makes it through partisan walls that have been built as strongholds, but those are facts. Facts don't care about our feelings. Donald Trump is a RINO, just as much as Mitt Romney is, but for different reasons.