>For sure but his recent behavior is suspect.
yes it is. I'm writing it off to him being young.
The saying goes…
if you aren't a liberal in your 20's, then you don't have a heart.
but if you're not a conservative in your 30's, you don't have a brain.
I don't think there's ever a reason for someone to be a lib, but he needs to grow up a little and see things for how they are. he may be trying to curry favor now also to lessen the heat on his family.