Trump is his own worst enemy, and easily could have locked this thing down along time ago

If Trump loses the nomination, what does he do? Does he endorse DeSantis? Does he have another J6 type rally and claim fraud or run 3rd party and sink DeSantis’ chances to win the general?

The fact none of us have any idea what he would do, and that running third party is just as likely as endorsing DeSantis if not more likely, is just another reason to know he’s not the best choice. He’s not America First.

Prepare for being downvoted to oblivion by the fanboys.

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If Trump loses the nomination, what does he do? Does he endorse DeSantis? Does he have another J6 type rally and claim fraud or run 3rd party and sink DeSantis’ chances to win the general?

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1st, I think Trump will pretty easily win the nomination...there are too many "Only Trump" voters to allow anyone else much of a chance this time.

But, hypothetically, if DeSantis were to pull it off, is there ANYONE here who thinks that Trump would fall in line, as has been the custom forever, or the loser to get behind the nominee and urge his voters to vote for that person?

Not sure he'd go 3rd party, but it's possible...but there NO WAY he'd fall in line and support a person that had beaten him. It's not in his DNA.

And that's because this isn't about "our movement" on The Right. It's about Trump, and supporting DeSantis after losing does nothing for Trump's brand.

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but there NO WAY he'd fall in line and support a person that had beaten him. It's not in his DNA.

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If RDD beats him, that won't be necessary. Going 3rd party would guarantee a Dem win.

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I'm not sure who is advising him

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This has always been Trump's weakest point for me...

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I think Trump certainly is the favorite. But the more he goes down this self destructive path, and say he doesn't perform well in Iowa and NH, the momentum could swing quickly.

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No future nominee has lost win having this high of support at this time.


A second mile stone is the amount of national political support.. over 60. No candidate has ever lost the nomination when reaching that point.

There is a lot of panic right now because

A) Trump's hits on Paul Ryan and that type of thing never really landed and are losing steam. When the Trump campaign started hitting Ron from the left they didn't think team DeSantis would dig in and go even further right. They thought he'd respond by catering to big money interests and beginning to soften, which the campaign could use to make the Fox News/Paul Ryan thing stick. Instead DeSantis did the opposite - he stuck to his guns and intentionally alienated some major GOPe money. Whether that will work for Ron in the longterm is questionable, but it derailed the Trump campaign plan and has put them in an awkward position.

B) Trump himself has a major credibility issue with genuine conservatives at the moment and the most influential conservative America gets in the race this evening. He can't do anything about Ron scaring the NeverTrump crowd and that crowd trying to fuel the Trump campaign to avoid Ron getting the nomination.

C) Trump's people really, really, really don't like the launch on Twitter with Elon. They were told by their little social media influencers that Ron's launch would consist entirely of a high dollar GOPe fundraiser and this was a major gut punch for them. It specifically targets Trump's limitation with Truth Social.

I will say that in a week this will settle and we'll see if Ron's launch is reflected in polling a few weeks after that/ I think it's inevitable he'll close the gap somewhat considerably. How close and how quickly? Don't know. Trump people fear a major spike from people who got fatigued of waiting on Ron and went back to Trump (at least in polling). If it's a minor bump or more incremental growth, you'll see the Trump sycophants on here get their confidence back quickly (at least in the near term).

It is because he is NOT a politician and doesn't do politically correct speak well. Isn't that what we want? Don't we want a non-politician? Sure, until we actually get one and then nobody likes the way he openly lies, instead of lying to our face while stabbing us in the back. Folks, they all lie. That is part of politics, spinning the facts in your favor. He just tells it like he sees it, right or wrong, like it or not.

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you’re blaming Trump because he’s being attacked

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Trump sets his own landmines over and over. We waste so much time and energy having to constantly run cover for his f*ckups. He's just not effective in the ways we need him to be effective.

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He just tells it like he sees it

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I liked his transparency, there was nothing he did that the world didn't know about. He took what O'BUNGhole promised the country, but NEVER delivered, to all new levels. Worst part was, NO ONE did anything, everything was always "I, I, I, I, I......".