>>54718560>>54718628Have to admit this is largely right from what I can tell.
1) Donald Trump did or does go to church, and previously in the 70's and 80's had a well-known pastor until he passed away. I'm not sure if he regularly attends church anymore, but the fact it's confirm he has previously in adult life would indicate he is legitimately religious. That said, he doesn't wear it on his sleeve. To me it's likely a sort of "I believe, I believe religion is good for the public order, and more or less I'm nominally Christian but it's not something I think about every day".
2) Israel is just common sense. He can't push too hard against his base. He needs to support most of what they believe in. I've seen in rallies he'll occasionally say something about a "liberal" who people hate and say how he disagrees but otherwise doesn't hate them. You can feel the crowd is VERY uneasy with this stuff. They want it fed to them in simple terms. They want a clear enemy. Trump definitely is aware of this and tailors his message accordingly.
3) He doesn't seem terribly concerned with social policy. I think he just has a nationalist flair. He wants to cut back on immigration, create a more culturally homogenous society, deport illegals, enforce the border etc. But in terms of "muh medicare" and other gibsmedats, guns etc, I don't think he gives two shits. It seems he's cool to play the republican lines on that stuff and based on the past he probably believes in it to some extent, but he's definitely not fired up about it like some evangelicals would be.
Bit of a rambling here, but I think it points more to the presidency Trump wants to lead. It's going to focus more on economy, business, immigration and less on pushing fringe social policy. Actually I think this is to his advantage as he's getting a lot of democrats and liberals from across the aisle to support him since he isn't scaring them off with powerful social policy rhetoric.
