It sure didn’t take long for Republicans in Washington to capitulate to Donald Trump. With the exception of House Speaker Paul Ryan, who is still not ready to endorse the presumptive nominee, the GOP establishment got on board the Trump train with little hesitation.

“He was terrific. I’ll tell you, I was really quite impressed,” said Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, who promptly endorsed Trump. “Voters are always right,” said Texas Sen. John Cornyn on Friday, adding he was “impressed” by Trump and that Republicans should fully support him. After the meeting, the senators all “took turns taking a photo with Trump, with the presumptive nominee giving a thumbs-up in all the pictures.”

The GOP establishment has decided, in other words, to make a deal with the dealmaker. Maybe they’ve concluded they have no choice now but to rent the party to Trump. Or, what’s more likely, they see how Trump is pulling in Democrats and Independents, and they believe a realignment is underway that could lead to victory in November and a stronger Republican Party than before. If the new GOP has to shed some of its scruples about spending and entitlements and foreign policy, fine. They will follow Chris Christie into the night.

In that case, all that’s left to do is to get those stubborn conservatives and Tea Party types to drop their #NeverTrump nonsense and fall in line.