As nearly every poster on TPM has noted for months, if not years, the Republican party is now Trump’s party. And Trump - dense as he is - knows or at least senses this, and will do everything he can to leverage it. The Rs are in for a world of hurt until Trump (a) goes to prison, or (b) croaks.
Is it wrong that I’m smiling?
(Actually, that last bit is snark. We have a lot of work to do to clean up the damage Rs and Trump have done over the past few decades, and I fear a significant portion of our population is beyond deprogramming.)