Spare me. The GOP as we knew it was completely disfunctional. They only have themselves to blame for Trump's rise. Trump is talking about the stuff the GOP should have been doing for years. Remember the 700 miles of wall that were supposed to be built? Sandbagged by elements of the GOP such as Kay Bailey Hutchinson. Cruz wanted to quintiple H-1B visas. And the GOP pushes crappy trade deals that sandbag manufacturing jobs.
Trump is making the GOP tent bigger by showing interest in bread-and-butter issues that impact middle-class America.