The opposite appears to be true, i.e “the Republican Party went looking for trump”. For a very long time the The Republican Party has attracted selfish, self-centered individuals who have been deluded into believing they survive on the basis of their individual capabilities. In fact they really survive by selfishly leveraging advantages against others. If they didn’t start with an advantage they got one, by any means, as quickly as possible and used it to the disadvantage of others as long as possible. Trump has always been their guy. The Bushs and Romneys have always been anomalies to be quickly discarded when a trump came around.