Ron Paul isn't a leftist. He is actually extremely central. Or let me elaborate. He is extremely right when it comes to fiscal policy. The furthest right Washington has seen in probably centuries. But he is extremely left on social policies. In   270f  my opinion he is strict constitutionalist. Or libertarian. He believes in freedom at it's utmost. That you are free to choose how to live your life and government should not interfere unless you're freedom is to affect others freedom. That's why he is so fiscally conservative. He doesn't believe we should be taxed to pay for others, it's slavery, and theft. It's not true freedom. In my opinion Ron Paul is or would be even better than trump on most things. But trump has the star power and is a genius on the economy, and Ron is one of the top geniuses on the economy by far. But trump has a good business understanding, he is more get shit done than Ron who is more by the book. I think if trump took Ron as his VP it would be epic. Ron and his son Rand as well and trump are the best we have in Washington... Don't consider there to be a huge difference in them they are mostly on the same page...