Democrats are so terrible that "I hate this retarded warmongering but still have to vote GOP" could still be a legit coherent position to hold

Nothing better than honesty. There was a guy here who was one of the few DeSantis supporters. I always respected him because he was very honest about DeSantis's flaws, namely that he was a neocon, and that guy really hated neocons. (In retrospect, less so than Trump.)

If you try to justify your guy no matter what he does, then you're always going to get the short end of the stick. The neocons will turn their back on Trump if he doesn't wage wars, while the "anti-war" people will support him no matter what. Easy to figure out what will happen if you just take the easiest path.