A favorite writer in The Atlantic has this recent article about President Trump's grip on the Republican Party. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/cult-or-not-trumps-grasp-on-the-republican-party-is-stronger-than-ever/562991/?utm_source=feed "The GOP spent the Barack Obama years protesting that the president was busy turning his back on America’s allies—remember the fracas when Obama dared to even relocate a bust of Winston Churchill?—and naively conferring with America’s nemeses, especially Iran. Obama was assailed as a traitor at worst and a bumbling fool at best for bowing to foreign dignitaries (and even a robot). Some of these critiques are more valid than others, but regardless, nearly all of them apply to Trump this week." He goes on to point out that although Trump is unpopular in the country, he has sufficient influence (including acquiesce from GOP leaders) in primary elections.
Given the president's many lies, inflammatory rhetoric, support for dangerous people along with contempt for allies (and for Americans exercising their right to protest), and other objectionable qualities, this evolution of the GOP--in process for many years--continues to be distressing. This essay, though, suggests possible trends: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/opinion/trump-base-midterms-moderate-republicans.html?action=click&module=Ribbon&pgtype=Article I can't imagine that celebrities declaring "Fuck Trump!" is helpful at all and is, in fact, detrimental.
(One of the president's lies is the claim that Democrats are to blame for separating children from families at the U.S.-Mexico border. https://www.npr.org/2018/05/29/615211215/fact-check-are-democrats-responsible-for-dhs-separating-children-from-their-pare)
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