I have listened to conservatives complain for decades, about the state of the nation, and their disappointments with politicians.
They expressed hope that outsider(s) might one day, arrive to do better, more decisive jobs of leading.
Along comes somebody fitting that general descrition, a bunch of those people got all wobbly in the knees, and cried out,
"Oh no; not this. We didn't really mean it. We were jut joking. Please give us back our comfort zones with tried and true bureaucrats, dreary speeches, unkept promises, etc."