Paul LePage was Trump before Trump became a politician. However he might be too old by that point considering he's 71 now.
I don't buy it. The Republican base has been turning into liking the way Trump acts for a long time now. All you have to do is look at the radio personalities that the right regularly follows. Limbaugh, Jones, etc. The ridiculous anger, the willingness to attack ANYONE, the complete lack of empathy, the lack of care for facts or reality, the constant attacks on the media.
If Trump wins in 2024 the Republicans are going to look for the same kind of person as his successor.
So, I follow what you're saying, but I don't buy it. Everyone wants to bucket the Trump era into epic, far-reaching theories.
Rush Limbaugh was the most listened to host on radio, and by far the most influential conservative radio host, by 1990. From the point Rush became dominant Republicans have nominated:
GHW Bush
Bob Dole
GW Bush
John McCain
Mitt Romney
Now, I haven't listened to 30 seconds of Rush in the last 15 years. But I used to listen plenty, and the Rush Limbaugh that captured the imaginations of conservatives had almost nothing in common with the scattershot lunacy of Trump, unless you consider Mitt Romney no different from Trump, in which case...good day sir.
The fact that you characterize Alex (presumably?) Jones as a voice that conservatives rally around again kind of gives away your game. 90% of Republican voters would only know of Alex Jones vis a vis the way he's been elevated by the mainstream media, if at all. Republicans haven't exactly been "9/11 was an inside job" fanatics.
You can cherry pick lunatics anywhere and try to assign them to the other "team", but that doesn't make it a relevant way to look at the world.
All that said, you and I actually look at the world pretty similarly, we're on the same page on probably about 90% of what we think, and I respect your opinions. And I don't think any more highly of Trump than you do, believe me.
I just disagree with your (and really everybody's) attempts to synthesize Trump into a standard framework, or make sweeping hysterical conclusions about what it means for the future.