Here’s how the factions would rate Trump to date:
CLs: Positives: Deregulation efforts; tax cuts; no major protectionist actions so far; eliminated the individual mandate. Negatives: Signed off on a budget plan with lots of new spending. Grade: B.
Reactionaries: Positives: Gorsuch; work requirements for Medicaid; daily tweets triggering liberals; Muslim ban; no amnesty. Negatives: Filled his cabinet with Wall Street plutocrats; tax plan favored the wealthy; no real protectionist actions yet; showing some flexibility on immigration. Grade: B.
PBPs: Positives: Delivered on tax cuts and deregulation; no real protectionism to date. Negatives: Looks like a corrupt, incompetent bozo, which ultimately endangers our tax cuts; protectionism could be on the horizon. Grade: B.
CDs: Positives: Some needed social spending in the budget; Gorsuch. Negatives: Tax plan favors plutocrats; tweets are tearing the country apart; incompetent and corrupt. Grade: D minus.
What this shows you is that the CDs are gone, but the rest of the GOP will stand behind him, barring a disaster.