[Hoot Gibson]

Okay but Trump is no populist by definition. And again, you I nobody, can categorically exclude Trump's intent to govern from the conservative view.

Which is more rational, believing that a person will act in the future the way that they have acted in the past or that they will act in the future in accordance with campaign promises that contradict their past behavior?

Only four years ago, Trump was criticizing Romney for being mean-spirited toward illegal immigrants. Trump supporters who believe that Trump will round up illegal aliens and deport them are just fooling themselves.

Definition of populist (Merriam Webster)
1: a member of a political party claiming to represent the common people; especially often capitalized : a member of a United States political party formed in 1891 primarily to represent agrarian interests and to advocate the free coinage of silver and government control of monopolies

2: a believer in the rights, wisdom, or virtues of the common people