In a parallel universe, Al Capone, the mafioso gangster, was nominated by the GOP and ran for president, winning the 1928 US elections just before the start of the Great Depression, saving Herbert Hoover's reputation, and himself from dying from syphilis.
In this universe, Tronald Dump was nominated by the same GOP to run for president in the 2024 elections.
Robert A. Heinlein's parallel universes don't seem to be any match for the intricacies of our lived experience.