Some of this is obviously true. Trump isn’t particularly religious, but he played the part (poorly) during the campaign to pander especially to evangelicals. I wouldn’t say he’s not ideological though. Maybe one way to tell is what he seems to be able to talk about coherently. It was obvious he doesn’t know **** about Christianity. When he did speak about it, it was very simplistic. Vague. Some subjects be can talk about with more detail. Like he’s actually spent some time understanding it on a more nuanced level. He seems quite passionate about nationalism. And he can articulate his reasoning with the detail of a person who is passionate about it. I don’t doubt his America First platform is genuinely felt and idealistically based.
Some things, pretty much the things he’s inconsistent on, I think he’s just pandering. It’s not really anything other politicians don’t do. But it seems worse when this president does it. Maybe it’s because he’s so lousy at hiding it, people are just amazed that anyone buys it. Seriously, how does any evangelical Christian believe Trump is one of them. Obama so fooled people into thinking he’s moderate, he convinced a number of INGO conservatives to vote for him. But by and large, people don’t go around accusing Obama of pandering. I guess because he’s so smooth at doing it.
