Great points Egberto. RR was just an actor reading his lines written by oligarchs. More importantly he broke new ground for the "cult of personally" ruler. Not mention that he would never gotten into office had the GOP not illegally negotiated with the Iranians to keep the hostages until after the election. Plus, you are spot on about them abandoning both "the beacon on the hill" and "sunrise in America" stuff. The current GOP is now purely the Gestapo Operatives Party, note: https://medium.com/@daneke/leviathan-revisited-the-people-versus-the-prince-of-plunder-f878e833da2d