Trump is the quintessence of the Republican party in 2017. That's why Republicans have thus far stood by their man like loyal pets except to distance themselves from his neo-Nazi, if not xenophobic and racist, rhetoric. Obviously, they feel the need to distance themselves from blatant neo-Nazism but the Republican party now simply has a "president" to match their extremist party base, the same Republican party that spawned the anti-abortion rights hate movement. They assassinated doctors in their homes, blew up health workers, and harassed women seeking reproductive medical care. Republicans want to kill the Affordable Care Act instead of improving upon it. Extremism is not new with the Republican party but now the designated-victim pool has been enlarged to include more groups of people. The Republican party diminishes America, tries to make it small and ugly.