Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s political creation has grown beyond his wildest dreams, and now appears ready to live on with or without him.

The Make America Great Again movement that tens of millions of Americans adopted put him in the White House and transformed the Republican Party. Yet the current crop of midterm primaries is revealing that it is the former president’s brash brand of politics and his "America First” ideas, more than the man himself, that is driving many Republican voters.

The cult of personality that elevated him to power is being replaced with "Trumpism,” a populist philosophy that, just like his hotels, casinos and even steaks, is branded with his name. It’s an anti-immigrant, anti-regulation, anti-establishment platform that nearly seven years ago awakened throngs of voters long ignored by both parties.