Trump is such a equalizer. Republicans don't have a choice but to follow him since he is their main candidate/pres in office. Democrats don't have a choice but to compromise since he is the President again. This will make both parties to work with each other. Plus the honorable great defender against Immigration Reform Jeff Sessions won't be in Congress anymore to oppose CIR (Remember what he said recently: "We will discuss it when the time comes" responding to a question about DACA/immigration ) Trump is playing a good hand right now. He will look to be liberal on many issues and since his supporters may not like that he decided to bring on an incredibly radically conservative guy like Pence as his right hand man to make it seem like he is a conservative himself. Lets just hope Pence doesn't make inroads and start to influence the man.