UNIPARTY operatives are more likely to thwart, dismiss, ridicule, undermine Trump (or worse). They are aghast at the thought of a non-politician at the head of the government, making fun of their fellow gang members, their propagandists, their entertainers, their sycophants. Most are in disbelief. They are throwing everything at him to deny him the office. On the chance that he does get in they are laying the groundwork to undermine, disrupt, disavow, dismantle, destabilize his effectiveness.
Yes. They are very arrogant and used to getting their own way, running things. They can’t believe that some vulgar “plebeian” has been able to garner enough support to threaten them. They are sort of like the Bourbons, the Romanoffs - determined to cling to power, even though times have passed them by.