Quite an essay. Well done.
Three thoughts:
1) Nixon was treated in a similar manner as Trump.
Nixon obsessed about his low upbringing and raged against the left wing media and the Harvard commies who hated him. It was a class thing.
2) Establishment Republicans treated the Tea Party the same way that they treated MAGA. They are Vichy Republicans. They are not on our side. (I coined the phrase “Vichy Republicans in the 80s. I wish I copyrighted it.)
3) Trump deserves an opportunity to exact revenge on the deep state. He would be doing it for us. I want revenge.
I agree 100% with your post. Nixon was flawed in many respects as well, with the EPA, and price controls primary among them, but he was nothing like what we have seen since 1988 in the Oval Office.
Nixon was largely pilloried for his hand in getting Alger Hiss outed and punished. The Left never forgot his part in what happened to one of their communist allies.
But Nixon loved his country, much the same as I see Trump does, and in the same fashion.
Just my opinion.