Yeah and?
Do the Cheneys, the Bushes, the Romneys, the McConnell, and the McCains, and their small group of followers among the new Republicans somehow have a right to inherit the old GOP from the so-called “old guard?”
That old guard did little nothing to protect the United States from the worst excess of the Democrats. Exactly What good were they?
The overwhelming majority of Republican voters have supported Trump for about 10 years now. Is there some reason why he should not have huge influence in the Republican party? Who in the Republican Party has more support than Trump and therefore should have more influence?
Or did you not realize that the parties are supposed to work for the voters instead of the other way around?