I have no doubt that Trump will run third party if he decides that the GOPe is mistreating him. Let Trump proceed, he will either lose his support or be the republican nominee and I’d have no problem voting for him against any democrat nominee.
How can trump run third party? By the time the nomination comes around, he will either not be running or he’ll have clearly have been so far ahead of all the GOPe runners for the past YEAR the GOPe will by that time obviously be the third party they’ll kick him out to their own demise.
They’ll be the third party
Not that trump is good or bad
But if FOX can’t knock him out, who will?
IMHO, Trump will NOT go 3rd Party, unless: We arrive at the R Convention, with Trump ahead in the polls, and having won most of the primaries, but the suits in the GOPee go into a smoke-filled room and anoint Jeb the Republican Nominee anyhow; or some other underhanded trick.
At THAT point Trump would have every justification for honoring all the people who voted for him by going 3rd Party. And I guarantee you, if Trump goes 3rd Party, I DO, TOO!
REMEMBER: There are squirrels like George Will, et al, who are right now telling the GOPee to shut Trump out of the debates and not even let him run as an official Republican. Does ANYONE think he’ll hold still for THAT?! Or that he SHOULD hold still for it?!