Here's how it's going to actually go in the Caucus:
GOPe/RINO's: "We want X, Y, and Z".
Conservatives: "Nope. Not going to do that. No Amnesty."
GOPe/RINO's: "OK, fine. Trump is already dealing with the Commies. We'll cut a deal with them, too. We've offered you the best deal you're going to get."
That's what's going to happen. Trump has now allowed the Dems to cut the GOP in half, and the half he's empowered is the LEFT half. So much for "9-Dimensional Chess."
“The thinking by Trump apologists that this “frees up the conservatives and boxes in the GOPe” is a genuine marvel of delusional thinking.”
It’s only delusional if the Conservatives do not take up arms and primary the establishment. You win at the ballot box. We have been so focused on “just get a Republican in there” that the big picture went missing.
We cannot have a Conservative country if we do not have a conservative majority. Trump is making deals because that’s what he does.