Under the legitimate rules as they now obtain, Trump must gain a majority, 1237, of the delegates to win. Short of that there is no "winning." It is not legitimate to convert the rule requiring majority to be the winner into a rule that requires only a plurality.
However, if we are in a situation in which there is no majority then I say we must ask ourselves whether the rule-making body which might undertake to shape anti-Trump rules is legitimate i.e. has been put in authority by some democratic process or are the rule makers merely toadies to the Republican establishment?
If the latter is the case, I would certainly oppose those and the anti-Trump rules. But as one who has advocated the poison pill of voting for a Democrat in isolated cases going back to 2014 and beyond, I think the promiscuous application of this tactic will only harm the very base of the party we seek to protect. The establishment will arise out of the ashes and find their place inside the Beltway. Meanwhile, the economy and the politics of the nation will degenerate into a dystopian nightmare.
Donald Trump just ain't worth it.
