I've never trusted him. He's always seemed bogged down into the left-vs-right battle, championing a "new right" rather than explaining the contrived nature of that paradigm to people.
If MegaAnon is to be believed, though, he played a very important role in the beginning of the Trump administration, weeding out the deep state players who were ripe for cutting a deal from those who were loyal to their masters.
Meh. Time will tell, I suppose.