After a Horrifying Experience for America, Trump Is on His Way Out
Conservative intellectuals like George Will were a hard sell on Trump from the beginning. They saw that this package of lies, racism, and buffoonery was a catastrophe in the making, causing some, like Will himself, to leave the Republican party altogether.
It appears that these folks are in the process of getting what they want: an extremely right-wing GOP, but one led by a relatively sane human being.