Trump has become the eminence grise of the Republican Party:cnn.com

Those few Republicans who have not bent the knee are not the future of the party; unless Trump is utterly bankrupt and confined to prison, the fates that he deserves but probably will never endure, he will remain the face of the GOP party and its base. Let’s be real, the Texas disaster has nothing to do with Trump; it is the essence of Republican ideology. Except for his foreign policy and his bombastic persona, Trump differs little from the heart and soul of Republicans since Reagan.