General Discussion

Here is my personal opinion. Probably only a few of the Republican elite realized when Trump was first nominated that the chaos that he would cause over things that they really don't care about could be used as a distraction for the media and the public and thus allow them to push their agenda behind the scenes. But after the first big billionaire bailout, the tax cuts, in his first term more and more of the Republican leadership decided that since they couldn't ditch Trump they would support him in churning up as much chaos as possible so that they could push their agenda across the country with minimal scrutiny.