The problem is that anyone else that runs will be on team Barr/Ryan/McConnell, etc.
Not necessarily. Trump has got to get his program out there, he’s got to get the GOP honchos on his side, and he has the clout to do that.
I wish he’d go back on Twitter and stop playing silly games, because he needs to develop institutional support as well as popular support. (We’ve already discovered that we the people mean nothing to the folks in charge.)