COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — To Al Hartman, President Trump is a heaven-sent leader, expertly carrying out a conservative agenda to roll back regulations and limit the size and scope of government.

“He’s working right out of the Heritage playbook,” said Hartman, a Houston real-estate executive, referring to the conservative Washington think tank. “God gave us one more chance by allowing him to be in office.”

To Liz Wright of Denver, Trump is an imperfect vehicle for implementing the small-government policies she seeks. “He doesn’t have a consistent governing philosophy,” said Wright, who voted for Libertarian presidential contender Gary Johnson last November.

Yet, Wright and Hartman, both donors to the conservative policy and political network tied to billionaire industrialist Charles Koch, view Trump’s presidency and the Republican majority in the Congress as their best hope of passing an overhaul of the tax code, repealing the Affordable Care Act and enacting other priorities dear to the network’s wealthy conservatives.

“We have maybe 10 months, a rare opportunity in at least a decade, to shrink the influence of the government in the economy,” said Wright’s husband, Chris. But with a president who seems unable to deliver a “clear, consistent from the top” and a slender 52-48 majority in the Senate, “we are threading the needle” on seeing that goal achieved, he said.
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