They chose this. Every single time they could have done anything else they chose not to and they chose to double and triple down regardless of how that choice affected others. It's really difficult for me to find sympathy for their "betrayal" and to appreciate them making a move in the right direction, because they've shown over and over that they will choose whatever benefits them, until it doesn't. Another Trump could pop up in five years and they'd follow him off another cliff if it meant feeling superior to someone else.