Until now I never had a huge problem with him either like some people. There's lots of reasons not to like Trump, and it's legitimate politicking to try and push the culture towards your point of view, then convince politicians to make gestures to your movement if they want your support.

At some point you do need to recognize you've gotten all the concessions you'll get for this cycle, and lock in your political capital until the next - if you don't, people will question what your real goal is.