Sure, maybe he didn't get the same offers the first time around, but there's still been such a dramatic change in Trump that I think there are some outside forces at work.

My best theory is that like a lot of leaders, he is a 'balancer'. Between different factions, that is. If he sells out to the neocons completely, then he becomes beholden to them and loses power. If he stays faithful to his base and banishes the neocons, he becomes beholden to his base and loses power.

Of course, a lot of people have pointed out that what the sides get ain't equal. Israel First got everything, while 'his base' gets words, as well as him calling Tucker Carlson a "great conservative guy". Even someone on the Israel First side commented that the "woke right" got merely rhetoric while they got their wildest dreams (and worried that this might change as the good guys make a bid for domination).