We have to admit he is atypical.
As a person, he is profoundly un-conservative in his temperament in almost all things in his life. As a flashy, gold-obsessed, vulgar, Manhattanite Playboy surrounded by beautiful women, celebrities, casinos, and famous for his dalliances and as a gossip columnist target for 3 decades.
As a President, he is unfailingly conservative to the point of being a rubber stamp on every conservative aspiration.
That is an unusual combination.
REDEMPTION is a powerful motivatior. Kind of like a Victor Hugo les miserable story