That's because they know he'll play ball. He's been a member of the pay to play club his entire adult life.
They also know he isn’t going to be president. The GOPe would rather push a liberal and lose than win with someone who has actual values.
Losing keeps them in power when letting conservatives won’t.
No, he’s not taking money. They have no control over Trump. They are doing it because they have no other choice.
You've got that wrong. What we've learned this week has shown that it's Cruz that will play ball with the banks/
What they know, I suspect, is that Trump (at his age and with his empire) would only want four years. The smartest thing the establishment could do, both political parties is to take a "time out". The dems to develop some leadership in their younger ranks. The 'pubs to figure out if they're going to be a party that dies or a party that respects Constitutional Conservatives.
Nobody doubts that Trump is doing this because he wants the US to go back to being more like the country we all grew up in.