Trump has an animus against the Freedom Caucus because they opposed his Big Government replacement for 0bamacare, wanting instead to just repeal it outright, not repeal and replace. It’s about his ego, as always.
Great to know your mind-reading skills are so effective!
I offer Rep. Thomas Massie as a perfect example of this. He has made a career out of railing against out-of-control federal spending, and has repeatedly demonstrated his standing as a “principled conservative” by voting against House bills that eventually pass with 400+ votes. But when he was in a position in 2023 to cast a decisive House committee vote on the Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal, he showed all the determination of a wet noodle and just caved.