Kurt Schlichter: Trump Is Not Going Third-Party, But He Could Still Try To Blow Everything Up

Donald Trump The only candidate for the GOP nomination has been announced. However, you wouldn’t know it if not for being one of the very many online people. When he does break into mainstream consciousness lately, it’s no longer for re-setting the Establishment’s agenda like he did in 2015-2016 (“Oh well I never! He’s talking about illegal immigration! If this Trump person and his yay-hoos build a wall, then who will raise our children for us, Thurston?”). Instead, normals only hear about him because he’s accidentally dining out with the cast of “Sound of Music” – and not the Von Trapps – or because he’s still giving interviews with regime media hackers who hate him and mock him, or because he’s mortifying his less Kool-Aid Drinking supporters, hawking cheesy electronic cards. 

His The nomination campaign is in progress, at least partially, and it should not be surprising that it is not traditional. His Most fervent supporters fill social media with criticism of Trump However, he insultingly dumbly attacked his only real opponent. Governor Ron DeSantis (My Favorite is the one that DeSantis allowed to former Florida Gov. Jeb! Bush To attend his inauguration. Proving to idiots that he is exactly as he claims to be Jeb! Bush). They They are joined by all the leftybots who were on another kick last week, whether it was calling the people questioning the zillions to Ukraine “Putin lovers,” Or inveighing against anyone who is wondering if the vaxx might be less than it seems. If you like infrastructure, your wish has been granted – the wide-eyed MAGA diehards and the left are building bridges, united in a shared desire that Trump Get the 2024 GOP nomination

But This dream might not come true. Though Trump He leads the majority of polls for the GOP base at present, but his lead has shrunk and he sometimes does not lead at all. People still appreciate him, and will vote for him if he is the nominee (I’d love another term of TrumpI would too, but my wallet is also hurting. His accumulation of wounds (some selfinflicted) has become difficult to bear. Though he points the finger at others – including, bizarrely, anti-abortion Republicans – Trump Owns a large piece of the red splash last November, as does Mitch McConnell (who Trump Formerly backed) Ronna McDaniel Trump refuses to tell to resign after losing five elections in a row – contact your state RNC committee member at www.HireHarmeet.com to let her know your opinions on re-election. The base 2024 is all a matter of winning, and we are missing it.

The base is not in a losing mood – again, look at the base’s total rejection of McDaniel – and Trump’s not doing much winning right now. He’s He basically took potshots at his largely unseen work Truth Social account and making rookie errors that, after more than seven years, his supporters are tired trying to excuse him.

There This is a case for TrumpI have described I still love it, and so do many of my friends. You Supporting is not a crazy idea Trump. It It is not unreasonable to believe he could win the nomination, and then the general. It It is absurd to deny that he may not win and the reasons why.

The problem for Trump His most compelling and coherent advocates are drowned by the Only Trump Diehards who are beyond reason. They Do not focus on what Trump will do in the second term, except that it offers meaningless and silly cliches such as “Only Trump can drain the swamp because he knows where the bodies are buried!” They They insist that they are Trump supporters, not RepublicansThen, he laughably calls people who point out the error. Trump’s shortcomings “RINOs.” Their Social media accounts are rarely used Trump’s remarkable track record as a besieged president. InsteadThey attack DeSantis who they correctly recognize and attack Trump’s primary primary threat. They The governor is an instrument of the EstablishmentThis is great news for everyone. Establishment. 

Heavy D, they claim, is also a pal of Paul Ryan (who Trump endorsed), Mitch McConnell (who Trump endorsed), Kevin McCarthy (who Trump We are eager to support you Speaker – and whose troubles have made his patron Trump look impotent), and others who tend not to tick off the base. They You should be passionate about tools such as Fauci Wray Milley Similar toads, who all share the same incompetence, institutional corruption and that Trump He didn’t fire them when he should and could. None That is however not important because the reasons and 4-D chess and trust plan. It’s not rational, and it’s exhausting. But mostly, it’s ineffective.

To win, Trump has to show the party – all of the party – that he can win in November 2024. This This is not 2016, so a new round sub-par nicknames to GOP competitors is not going be enough. Ron DeSanctimonious? Really? “Low Energy” Jeb! It was a great line. This one is embarrassingly lame – low energy, as it were. And If Trump He keeps it up, his forays to the Iowa caucus, and the New Hampshire primary will be a couple of massive humiliations, and that’s not even taking into account some frame-up indictment by some commie prosecutor that is sure to come.

What Does Trump Do it if and whenever he dreams of Term 2.0 is yet again broken? Well, he will not run third-party – he may do something arguably worse. Why Will he not run a third-party? Because He understands that third-party runs are only for losers. Trump’s main purpose in running is to ease the pain of his 2020 loss. Trump no doubt remembers his 2000 aborted Reform Party Run, a vaguely humiliating exercise that lasted just a few weeks. Key This is the money issue. The Democrats’ disgraceful release of his taxes – I hope that norm-busting becomes a permanent suppository for them, and it will if the House GOP has the stones to insert it – showed that Trump There is not a lot of cash left over. The The famously prudent tycoon won’t liquidate his assets in a downmarket to fund a primary campaign. Yes, he has a war chest, but that will vanish quickly and it is unclear if he could even refill it with small money donors since the big money donors are flying south for the winter – and for who they see as a winner. 

Remember, Trump You would have to not only pay for everything, but also build an infrastructure. If He ceases to be a Republican, the party’s apparatus stops being available to him. Trump Organize, at the beginning, to get his name on 50 state ballots. Let’s just say among his current staff, the same savvy crew of geniuses who couldn’t manage to prevent the boss from chowing down with Lil’ Himmler, there’s not one person I would trust to organize a six-year old’s birthday party, much less a modern political campaign. HellThese goofs might hire a goat with mange instead of a pony. They would most likely find the clown off of it. Megan’s List.

Ditching The GOP would also signify that all GOP leaners will be gone. Party Loyalty to any party, even if it treats its base like a scumbag Bill Clinton The way he treated his wife is a thing. Many people sighed and voted. Trump because he was the GOP nominee and you support your party’s nominee. 

Trump That promise will never be kept. His Loyalty does not mean loyalty to the party. Only Trump supporters. He Although he might not run as third-party candidate for the nomination, he could definitely turn on the guy or gal (or non-binary) who beats his bid. The This is the question: How Many could suffer. Trump do to, sYou can find more information aty, Ron DeSantis in the general should he decide that if he can’t win, no one can? Would a Trump Tantrum against anyone who beats him to the nomination re-election Joe Biden?

Good question. That It all depends on the size Only Trumper contingent and whether their numbers of election boycotters are made up by the number of Tired Of Trumpers Inducted back into the fold in November 2024. There There is an unknown number who will never vote for anyone other than themselves Trump. And Unknown number of people will vote for a RepublicanHowever, only one of them has been named Trump. Those Two variables are the key to the equation. 

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