I saw a video today in which Brett Cooper said it was now cool to be a Republican. However, all she did was say Trump 2.0 was the best thing since sliced bread. That is not being a Republican it is treating Trump like a Savior.
Republicans support historically (traditionally going back to the 20s to 50s) a Constitutional Republican form of Goverment and conservation (thus falling under at least lowercase conservative values) of the constitutions limitations on the different levels of government. Usually this would mean free trade, privatized non essential government services, low taxes and State's Rights.
Trump 2.0 on the other hand is against free trade, has not privatized a thing within the United States and has yet to actually cut a single thing let alone taxation. In fact his tariffs are basically taxation without representation on the entire Globe. D.O.G.E has been AIing the State not cutting it.
Even if you agree with D.O.G.E. not a single part of the waste, fraud and abuse they claimed to have found has been actually cut or prosecuted in the case of actual fraud. It is Republican to point out these inconsistencies. I am a libertarian; I would be historically considered the very base of the most consistent and extreme right wing of the Republican Party. I do not agree with everything Trump is doing like a sycophant.
I also, however; do not disagree with everything he does either. Having a closed border and deporting illegal immigrants and non peaceful immigrants is the right thing to do to me. There is only 2 genders and only recognizing that is excellent. Building a wall around the Nations boundaries is excellent. Giving RFK Jr. The HHS leadership due to how MRNA death shots were being supported by the previous HHS establishment is great.
Being a Trump sycophant and a Republican are not the same thing. Neither is having Trump Derangement Syndrome and hating him like Hitler synonymous with being a Republican. Being for limited government and free markets ( including international free trade) is Republican. Consistent historical Right Republicanism is essentially a broad form of moderate Right Minarchist libertarianism. Try being cool saying that our current taxation system is theft and privatize, privatize, deregulate, deregulate.
