When it comes to President Trump, many Republicans have decided that resistance is futile, no matter their qualms with his polarizing style of leadership.

Tax reform; conservative judges, a reinvigorated U.S. military; these are but a few of the reasons many Republicans, voters, and politicians alike have muted their opposition to the aspects of Trump that concern them — his behavior, his chaotic White House, his nationalist tendencies, lately at the forefront with is call for steep tariffs on steel and aluminum.