Not all conservatives are Trumpsters. He could never support Trump because as he puts it: what values does he embody to conserve? He’s a criminal, an adulterer, a grifter, etc. My dad’s vision of a conservative is someone who wants to preserve and uphold things like a stable, happy nuclear family unit, little government intervention in people’s lives, law and order, non-interventiolism, etc.

Truth be told he’s not a MAGA cultist conservative. He hates Trump and has been voting Democrat for president since 2016 for example. Very Joe Manchin vibes.