I don't make many predictions, but you struggle with telling the truth sometimes. Or perhaps you could quote me?
I went beyond saying Trump wouldn't have an impact. I mocked him. Thought his candidacy was a joke. Right up until he the won the nomination and proved everyone wrong. At that point, I still thought Hillary was the favorite, but gave Trump a chance to win. But now? I am absolutely hoping he is successful and does good things for the country. I'll have an open mind about him until he proves to me that he is a lousy leader like President Obama. That's what a happens when you love your country.
But you saying the Republican Party is dead pretty much says it all. 
Economists are now comparing Trump's policies (tax breaks for the rich) to Reaganomics. There are good and bad aspects to Reaganomics. The bad is that during during Reagan's presidency, the national debt grew from $997 billion to $2.85 trillion. This led to the U.S. moving from the world's largest international creditor to the world's largest debtor nation. Reagan described the new debt as the "greatest disappointment" of his presidency. This added to the current debt will be a disaster. As of December 1, 2016, the official debt of the United States government is $19.9 trillion.
FYI:
As reported in January 2016
Since President Barack Obama first took office:
◾Homicides have dropped 13 percent, but gun sales have surged.
◾The economy has added more than 9 million jobs, and the jobless rate has dropped to below the historical median.
◾The number of long-term unemployed Americans has dropped by 614,000 under Obama, but it is still 761,000 higher than at the start of the Great Recession.
◾Corporate profits are up 166 percent; real weekly wages are up 3.4 percent.
◾There are 15 million fewer people who lack health insurance.
◾Wind and solar power have nearly tripled, and now account for more than 5 percent of U.S. electricity.
◾The federal debt has more than doubled rising 116 percent and big annual deficits have continued.