If true. Kudos to the OP. I see many people in our place of business who have reached similar conclusions.
Rational Republican leadership (if such there be) is looking at a Trump Presidency that gets goofier by the moment. He is not a Stable Genius slinging cleverly designed distractions at his opponents. He is an uncontrollable, desperate dullard in a position of extreme power. He is ripping the foundation from under the party elite. I'm not sure the Republicans can survive five more years of Trump. Currently the Republicans are regurgitating white house talking points - while behind the scenes they are inventing the epiphany that will be their escape route. We will now be treated to trial propaganda balloons until polls show that the public is taking the bait. Then the Republicans will all latch on to some obscure, previously unknown sin and demand removal from office.
Trump differs from any other president in that he doesn't understand any power besides personal power. He thinks that because Putin and Kim don't have an opposition and free press, they're more powerful than him. Obama and George W. Bush, and every previous president, both knew that they were more powerful than either of them because America was more powerful that Russia and North Korea, but Trump, who has never been part of anything larger than himself, is incapable of seeing things that way.
In many cases - perhaps most cases - being a strong leader means leading a weak country. Strong countries push back. Trump doesn't care if his country is strong or weak; all he cares is how much power he wields personally.