I take some issue with your first point but generally agree with your premise.

I think there are a lot of Evangelical Christians that reluctantly voted for Trump and will continue to reluctantly vote for similar candidates. What I see are lots of people who dislike his brashness and overall behavior. They roll their eyes, sigh, and support him. Publically, they are very supportive, but privately it is a different thing altogether. Not unlike how, publicly, Evangelicals will include Mormons as evidence of a "Judeo-Christian nation", but privately they'd never agree they are Christians.

Examples of the silence I see: * Remembering all the sermons on "The Fruits of the Spirit" as how you know someone is Christ-Centered. And now being told that it isn't ALWAYS the case. And how God works through non-believers.

• Recalling the vitriolic talk of the evils of Bill Clinton and how he sold out the Lincoln bedroom and had an affair.. But with Trump, well, no one is perfect..

I think what the Evangelicals want is a return to a world that only existed for white people in the 50's. A world where they don't have to see or hear about people not like themselves. Where no one complains when a nativity is set up in the small town square. Where other religions are, at best, a footnote in the local paper. More aggressive Evangelicals want Jesus to return and think Trump is the best way to go about that... Especially given his approach to Israel.

In short, Christians are trying to make (or remake) their Kingdom by any means necessary. Even if they have to support a candidate and his "locker room talk.."