Former US vice-president Dick Cheney died on Tuesday at the age of 84, marking the end of a political life that helped define an era of post-9/11 conservatism — and, in later years, symbolised how deeply the Republican Party had changed under Donald Trump . Dick Cheney’s isolation from the Republican Party happened in plain sight. After he started speaking out against Trump, the invitations stopped coming. He was no longer asked to attend party dinners, conventions, or conservative events where he had once been treated with respect. Many of his old allies avoided him, not wanting to be seen with someone who did not like Trump. Big party donors cut ties, and Republican leaders who once called him for advice stayed silent. In his home state of Wyoming, local party officials left his nam

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