An abuser and his abused partner. Well that is what happens when you walk around with your eyes closed to the truth.
The losers are the Republicans.
Rebuilding a party is hard. Paying Trump off so you don't have to go through a civil war makes a certain amount of sense.
He fucked over their governing majority, sure. But he got them the tax cut and the judges; their rhetoric and grievance politics work better in the minority anyway; and if they can keep control at the local level and fuck over voting they are pretty safe. Even as a powerful regional party they can have a good life. Most of them don't want to govern anyway.
Found this interesting article.
30 Things Donald Trump Did as President You Might Have Missed
Trump’s presidency may be best remembered for its cataclysmic end. But his four years as president also changed real American policy in lasting ways, just more quietly. We asked POLITICO’s best-in-class policy reporters to recap some of the ways Trump changed the country while in office, for...www.politico.com
That was pretty interesting. Some of those I didn't know.