That's what we were told after the first four years and January 6, but yet here we are today.
Look IMA is right. Trump is a great leader. He leads by brute force and authoritarian means and has gotten 98% of the right to walk in line with whatever he desires. Yes it's only 35% of the country, but that 35% is ride or die. No one has ever solidified the 35% the way he has. The first four years to the extent that he had grown ups that would reign in his bullshit, he ran those people off and now has a collection of yes man willing to do his personal bidding.
He has probably done more damage to our democratic institutions and norms this year than had likely been done to our country in the last 50 years. Yet still the vast majority of the right will not do anything but exactly what he says. That is leadership. Mafia style leadership, but leadership nonetheless.
As a result, he has personally enriched himself and some select few that he wants immensely. That is all he cares about.