Donny's "redeeming" quality was that he was full of shit and didn't follow through with most of the stuff he said. This time around stuff is actually happening, and quickly due to Musktongue
I still browse the reddit front page occasionally (I know, ban me) and most posts there from r/conservative have them celebrating because Trump is apparently enacting a plethora of beneficial policies.
I'm not from the USA, so I don't know how accurate or significant those claims are, but it seems the conservative agenda is advancing as planned