...could not be trusted to hew to conservative principles.

[lcappiello]

I was reading an article today about the Trump administration and I could not understand the meaning of this sentence. "
"He warned that Trump himself could not be trusted to hew to conservative principles."

Do you need more information than this? Thank you.

 

[teechar]

Re: QUESTION ON A SENTENCE MEANING

Hello Icappiello, and welcome to the forum.

Take a look at entry #2 in the link below.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/hew

 

[Rover_KE]

Icappiello, please note that I have changed your thread title.

Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'