It all depends on whether the freedom caucus will again hold out for what they can’t get. If they do to tax reform what they did to healthcare reform, then Trump may as well approach the democrats. You are right, he is not now and has never been an ideological conservative, nor will he start now. Those who ever expected otherwise were fooling themselves. Badly.
“Those who ever expected otherwise were fooling themselves. Badly.”
He is very conservative on national security matters, inclusive of illegals, jihadi migration, defense etc.
He is a social liberal on the bulk of the domestic agenda. The exceptions being tax policy and the size/scope of federal government.
I think it’s safe to label him a broad spectrum moderate and pragmatist.