It's funny you see that suspicion but fail to see the movement behind the powers that be that are trying to stop Trump.
You have the democrat party, the GOP establishment, the media, corporate donors, etc, all coming together to try to stop Trump.
Much of the movement behind Trump is to help end this corrupt power structure that makes up our Washington DC. How do you find that suspicious and not be suspicious of the powers that be that are trying to take him out? The powers that be that are trying to take him out are in it for themselves and the corrupt status quo.
CGato
On the contrary I see it clearly. But what I have not been convinced of is that Trump is the answer to that movement. It takes more than highlighting his opponents and coming to the conclusion, "If they are against him then I must be for him."
The problem is that is the attitude that has been adopted here. To the point that becoming a Trump supporter has, in the minds of many, become a moral imperative. I think we can agree that is the tenor. According to the majority of Trump's supporters there is no way a person can in good conscience be a Cruz supporter or skeptical of Trump's policy positions and vision for the country. And that, is the definition of a personality cult.
And I have reason to doubt his vision for the country. Let us not forget that Trump's prescription for the country is mostly technocratic and not constitutional. All we need is the right people, the smart people, occupying the right positions. That is Trump's solution. I'm surprised people are taken in by that kind of hubris.
Something else that has been bothering me is that most people, and rightly so, have focused on 2016 but are failing to look beyond that. Suppose Trump does become President and builds the wall, right-sides trade and effectively deals with ISIS. Impressive results, if he can obtain them. But looking at the bigger picture those are one-off issues. Essentially technical in nature that any other candidate can achieve. It's a wash. Without those issues what is going to be guiding him? Now some might say that is enough for them. The plumbing is leaking so they are calling in a plumber and that's all they expect. Okay, that's fine. But it's disingenuous to suggest that Trump is a paragon of conservatism because one agrees with his policy prescriptions.
Justice Scalia put it best (paraphrasing) when he would say that most people are not equipped to properly criticize a Supreme Court opinion because all they see is the outcome and not the judicial interpretative philosophy behind the decision. This is what Trump supporters are asking Cruz supporters and others skeptical of Trump to do. To take on faith, his policy prescriptions without any underlying conservative philosophy guiding them. Nobody knows where Trump's starting point is. Can anyone honestly say that he starts with the maxim of conservative principle that government should be smaller?
But to override that objection it's necessary for Trump supporters to impress on everyone else a sense of urgency. It's 2016 or bust. To argue that whatever your concerns might be about Trump, the country cannot afford them. Unfortunately we've heard that mantra for far too long from the GOPe, "Get to the back of the bus, we'll get to your concerns later." The only difference now is that we are being told that to have reservations is to betray America.