Gentle reminder that conservatism is a form of social dominance orientation, it's a measure of an individual's support for social hierarchy and the extent to which they desire their in-group be superior to out-groups.
All conservative policies, no exceptions, are expressions that one group should be socially dominant over another group. The reason why it's only the conservatives trying to ban gay marriage and ban adults from taking hormones is because only conservatives actively want straight dominance over LGBT+ people. The reason why it's only conservatives trying to ban abortion is because only conservatives actively want men to dominate women.
So when a conservative sees Trump spending the money they say liberals can't spend, it legitimately makes them feel good, because they don't have real political beliefs, only immediate emotional reactions. Trump's spending on government renovations seems good to conservatives because it proves conservatives can dominate liberals.
Trump's spending on useless wars and handouts seems good to conservatives because it proves conservatives can dominate liberals.
And liberals' spending is inherently evil no matter what it's spent on, because liberals spending money is a reminder that the liberals are in charge, and there is nothing the liberals could ever do that would make the conservatives be okay with not being in charge.
And that is why conservatives have bitched and complained about every single good thing that has ever been built in this country, unless by some miracle it was one of their people in charge: because they don't have actual beliefs, only a constant need for dominance.
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