For some Republican operatives, Trump's overall comportment and vitriol doomed the party. One Trump adviser told Jennifer Jacobs of Bloomberg that "Trump f----ed the party. He f----ed the party with his conspiracy theories and pushing females and independents away from the party. The bleeding needs to stop. He needs to go."
— as Trump did in 2018 — and Republicans will only need to flip less than 10 seats to get the majority back. For the first time since 2008, Democrats will control both chambers of Congress as well as the presidency. the Trumpiest candidates who have been winning Republican primariesThere are some parallels between the shape Trump left the party in compared to former President George W. Bush. Both left their party completely out of power in Congress upon leaving office, and both oversaw severe economic crises at the end of their presidencies.
In the 100 page memo, GOP brass warned of a party "increasingly marginalizing itself, and unless changes are made, it will be increasingly difficult for Republicans to win another presidential election in the near future."
If Trump did that the GOP is a very weak party.