“I trust he will navigate the waters, but that’s his biggest risk.. not some off the cuff comment, but being perceived as inauthentic or just another establishment player.”
Trump has never held office, so there is a slim to none chance of his being considered a member of any Establishment. The actual GOPe RINOs covertly and/or overtly can’t stand him. I wouldn’t worry about Trump ever relinquishing his outsider status, and whatever small accommodations to the RINOs Trump must make now in order to get elected, will disappear in a puff of smoke on November 8th. Trump is a man of the People. That’s us.
If Trump ever comes across or is perceived as inauthentic, it won’t matter that he’s never held office before, he’ll quickly be written off as just another pawn.... That’s truly his biggest risk, that he starts to just come across as another GOPe shill... I don’t think it will happen mind you, but that’s truly the worst thing Trump can do