I’m glad you identify the problem as progressives in the Repubican party. That really is the biggest problem. Progressives are more in agreement with each other than with any party. Republicans progressives are just a wing of the Democrat party, they just call themselves Republican because of where they come from or what they were during Reagan or for family or historical reasons. They disagree with Democrats on some things—the tax rate or military spending, and so they politely argue with them.
They oppose with all their heart conservatism, nationalism, American culture, freedom of religion, morality, strict construction of the constitution and the rule of law, and in general, protection of our common heritage as Americans. They want to create some kind of hodge podge of the globalist agenda on our land that they believe will lead to a global unification under their leadership and Americans, those who are descended from the founders or who came later and assimilated, are a problem for them. They are deluded.
People like Ryan go to DC as conservatives and become progressives in order to advance. When they get to the top, they are part of the system and fight to retain it.
I just finished reading the Amity Shlaes biography of Coolidge, and it is striking how similar the political situation faced by Coolidge was to that faced by Trump. Senators described in that book could be identical to those today. Coolidge faced the original progressives, people who were Republicans who bought into progressive ideas about technocracy, big government, management of the people, public works, education. He had a big majority, but had to maneuver around the progressives in his own party as much as the Democrats. It even talks about how only a couple decades earlier, Cleveland had been a fiscal hawk for the Democrats, and now Coolidge had to convince Republicans that lower taxes was good for the economy. I highly recommend the book to anyone who wants to see how another president worked through a similar situation.
and it is striking how similar the political situation faced by Coolidge was to that faced by Trump.