“and he hates the gay agenda enough to make it his dominant concern”
“I think he’ll figure out how to demagogue the gay issue.”
Your use of the word demagogue implies he is using the gay issue just as a populist throwaway issue to gain power.
That’s not consistent with your claim that anti gay hatred is a dominant motivator for him.
Is he gathering power primarily for anti-gay purposes?
Or is his primary purpose something else, and the gay issue doesn’t mean much to him — just some populist issue to demagogue and gain power with?