Does Trumpism, as a movement that goes beyond the man himself, exist?

[Indy Texas 🇺🇦🇵🇸]

No, Trumpism is not a coherent movement that goes beyond Trump.

But I really hope you (not you personally but the Very Serious People in the GOP whose views yours tend to overlap with) realize that this is a symptom of what happens when the interests of your party's donors/elites/bureaucracy diverge too far from those of the folks on the ground. This is their way of "acting out." They don't have the money or the power to take over the GOP outright, but they can give it a big headache and make it virtually impossible for it to win.

This is why I keep telling you that simply returning to the Bush Era Republican Party isn't going to work. That's not what the people on the ground want anymore.

The relationship between Trump and the Trumpkins is remarkably symbiotic. He is using them as tools to aggrandize himself. They are using him as a giant middle finger to everyone who pays no attention to them.