Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, one of Trump’s most loyal defenders, warned that his friend was in danger of throwing away the election and helping to make Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton president unless he quickly changes course.
“The current race is which of these two is the more unacceptable, because right now neither of them is acceptable,” Gingrich said in a Wednesday morning telephone interview. “Trump is helping her to win by proving he is more unacceptable than she is.” Gingrich said Trump has only a matter of weeks to reverse course.
Only the New York Times is bucking the media meme of Republican panic at Trump. It reports Republicans up for re-election are hesitant to dump Trump, as are those whose primary concern is the Supreme Court.
Even GW Bush is dumping on Trump.
In related news, the President of France says Trump makes people want to throw up. He also talked about the global consequences of a Trump election.
On Tuesday, Mr. Hollande said, “If the Americans choose Trump, it will have consequences because the American election is a global election.”
I asked yesterday what happens if Trump becomes convinced he can't win and drops out. Apparently, Republicans are asking themselves the same thing.
I think Republicans are way too late. Trump is a runaway train on a one way track. As long as he draws the crowds, he'll believe he can win. I don't think he'll drop out unless he faces empty arenas on the campaign trail. The more the establishment turns on him, the more likely the marginalized and under-informed public that forms his fan base will turn out to cheer him with their hate-filled signs and screams. As for his campaign staff resigning, Trump doesn't think he needs a campaign staff. He'll just appoint his kids to take their place.
