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What’s interesting about the whole pledge kerfuffle is this. All the rage was Trump’s reluctance to sign it. All the indignation. All the finger-pointing. Then, he did sign it after leading a news cycle or two. Now the hypocrisy of Bush (and Romney, who wasn’t involved in the pledge, but who owes the party’s nominee some support) reveals these jerks for what they are.

Exit question: Did Trump foresee this? Did he game this out to its end? A couple of months ago, I would have said no. Lately? Things work for him. As somebody pointed out on a nearby thread: Coke and Bud are changing their labels to a Trump-like theme because even the marketers are noticing a lot of us love America and want it to be great. So. Even if Trump didn’t foresee the outcome of certain things, he has caused them And almost always to his benefit.

Makes you wonder.

I think that Trump knew instinctively that the pledge thing was a set up just for him. Or he had a friendly warning what the Fox moderators were up to. Trumps life experience has given him a sense of where something is leading to and knows to prepare for the outcome he wants. He also has good sense, like the huge number of Americans who support him We know we have been snookered for years by the political establishment and are ready for a YOUGE change. Go Trump.

The “pledge” was intended for Trump, no one else. He wasn’t expected to agree to it; he was supposed to refuse and then be hounded out of the race due to not being a serious Republican. And, he certainly wasn’t expected to amass the most delegates by far, exceeding the 1237 threshold.