The thing is they haven’t decided who that “other one” will be, and they all want to be it. There is going to be a lot of bloodfighting to be king after the king dies, and it should be added that none of them hold the puzzling stranglehold over the average Republican voter as Trump has.

So while it is of course true that Trump is too stupid to come up with most of the shit happening during his presidency, the complete control that they enjoy during it is not a given without him.