Good point. They barely made a peep the last 7.5 years with a Marxist president. Now, all of a sudden, they have principles. The only 2 real issues that it appears that they disagree with Trump are the borders and US involvement in foreign wars. I guess cheap labor is really important to them.
It's about the petrodollar and the use of the US military to enforce its sovereignty. Trump is virtually the first Presidential candidate in modern times to make noises indicating that doing so isn't his #1 priority.
But it is the elites' #1 priority. To the extent that they will attempt to eliminate anyone - Assad, Qaddafi, Mubarak, Snowden, Paul, Trump, even Putin and Xi if they could manage it - who endangers the continuance of the petrodollar regime.
Their mouthpieces like Kristol are no different than their politicians - getting vast amounts of Saudi and Qatari cash under the table to change the subject and keep public opinion focused on side issues.