[GSWarrior]

What would be the correct course of action for Trump to take?

[bigdaddy45]

Scream. Cry. Throw a temper trantrum. Yell that it was stolen. I think we know the playbook. Support the team that beat him? Unlikely

[The_Media_never_lie]

Trump should make no promises. Let them wonder what he might do. This will minimize the GOPe duplicity. Otherwise, they will sabatoge his primary run. If they sabatoge him, he will expost their duplicity, and they will get the blame they deserve.

Do you think I am overly paranoid?

[Verginius Rufus]

If Trump does well enough in the primaries to win the nomination, the party should unite behind him--but we know that the NeverTrumpers of 2016 and 2020 won't. I'm afraid that if Trump doesn't win the nomination, he will refuse to accept that it happened legitimately, and either sit out the election or run as a third-party candidate (like Teddy Roosevelt in 1912), in either case guaranteeing a Democrat victory.

The Republican Party has some people who could be a strong nominee in 2024 or 2028--but anyone who runs against Trump in 2024 may be so battered that he is not a viable candidate for a later election.

[krizzy]

What would be the correct course of action for Trump to take?

HE SHOULD WIN.