Trump’s declaration of victory was also matched, equally, though, by a declaration of surrender. No sane Republican even bothers, very much, to challenge the fact that Trumpism is now the basis and foundation of the GOP. Mitch McConnell’s famous moment of humiliation: apologising for not not voting to convict Trump to a baffled world is the canonical example. The Republican old guard may be “against” Trump in some abstract, inner sense — but out there in the…