Icebound wrote:

Maybe rather than blindly follow any specific "ideology", he tried to do
what was best for the people of his country, regardless of whether it
was perceived as "left", or "right".

Many politicians did that sort of thing before campaign reform laws forced them
to follow the party line if they want to get funding.

George Patterson
If you're not part of the solution, you can make a lot of money prolonging
the problem.