Many folks naively believe it’s still R vs. D. That’s simply no longer the case. It’s now MAGA vs. Deep State.
Trump was obviously the best person to carry MAGA forward in 2016 and 2020. Who is the best person now? I want to say it’s still Trump. But for various reasons is he still electable? Or should I be looking elsewhere?
It’s early. Time will tell.
Maybe one day there will be people other than Trump who are capable of governing as an America first, President. But that won’t happen until the deep state power structure has been destroyed enough to prevent their influence over the process. Trump is the only one capable of bucking the system as it currently is.
I’m sure there are a number of honest, MAGA-inclined people who would do a fine job, once all this mess is cleaned up. But none of them have a snowball’s chance in hell of getting elected in our current environment. The amount of money needed to run a successful campaign is more than they can raise, without making compromises. They would have to be independently wealthy, like Trump. They’d have to be billionaires, not millionaires. When you look at the population of billionaires in our country, few if any have the desire to challenge the Establishment, like Trump does. In that regard, he truly is unique.
On top of that, such individuals would have to have the talents required of a war-time President, because we truly are in the midst of a war. That narrows down the pool of candidates even more.