If Trump loses the election, will the Republican party have 'turned the corner'. No. The problem is with MAGA. We are not drifting into disaster. We are being forcibly driven toward disaster by tens of millions of disloyal Americans. Don't believe me? Watch what happens if Trump loses. They won't go back to regular Republican politics. They are not going back. Instead, they will look for another right wing dictator want-to-be. Likely recommended by the authors of Project 2025. They will vet a bunch of candidates, weed out the ones with too much scandal, but make certain that this person is sincere in their desire to be a right wing dictator. Win one, win forever. They think this will somehow take care of the 'problem' of the percentage of the population of just European descent dropping below 50 % in the next 10 to 20 years.
If this come to happen, will people start to believe that MAGA are not just a bunch of dump hicks but disloyal Americans? Because an American who is disloyal to democracy is a disloyal American.
Solution: The only solution is if more voters vote in the primaries. Most voters skip the primaries but vote for whoever their party candidate is in November. This opens the door for extremists. If all Republicans had voted in the primaries, Trump would have never won a Republican nomination in 2016, 2020 nor 2024. This is the only way for the Republican party to get back on track.
The same think may happen to the Democratic party. If you skip the primaries you should do your country a favor and skip the general election as well.