Under Trump, GOP only stands for Trump

have gone mum about it. Politics came first: They and Trump had to enact the big tax cut in order to reward their wealthy patrons.

States’ rights used to be the second pillar of Republican thought.

For decades, Republicans argued that the Constitution’s 10th Amendment protected the states from federal meddling. They used states’ rights to resist desegregation; to oppose federal legislation protecting workers, consumers and the environment; and to battle federal attempts to guarantee marriage rights for gays and lesbians.

In 2013, when the Supreme Court relied on states’ rights to strike down the heart of the Voting Rights Act, then-Sen. Jeff Sessions broke out the champagne, calling it “good news.”

But after a year of Trump, Republicans have come around to thinking that states have few, if any, rights.

As attorney general, Sessions has greenlighted a federal crackdown on marijuana in states that have legalized it. He and Trump are also blocking sanctuary cities from receiving federal grants.

For the new GOP, states’ rights be damned. Now it’s all about consolidating power in Washington under Trump.

The third former pillar of Republicanism was a hard line on Russian aggression.

When Obama forged the New START treaty with Moscow in 2010, Republicans in Congress charged that Vladimir Putin couldn’t be trusted to carry out any arms control agreement.

Now, despite explicit findings by American intelligence agencies that Russia interfered in the 2016 election — the most direct attack on American democracy ever attempted by a foreign power — Republicans in Congress want to give Russia a pass.

They don’t even want to take steps to prevent further Russian meddling.

The reason, of course, is the GOP doesn’t want to do anything that might hurt Trump or rile his followers.

But if Republicans no longer care about the federal debt, states’ rights or Russian aggression, what do they care about?

Winning and getting even.