Trump has always said he must win on the first ballot or go home. Nothing has changed. He compared it to his days as a boxing promoter. He liked to book out-of-town fights because the purse was larger, but the referees looked kindly on the home-town boxer. So he always told them, “Win by a knock-out or come home a loser.” And that’s exactly what Trump plans to do.
Should he be a little short in the end game, that’s when the “negotiator” Trump comes into play. He will make a deal to get enough first-round votes and come home a winner by a knock-out.
Get use to saying, “President Trump.”
Trump just recently hired a top notch guy with experience at wrangling delegates at presidential conventions.
I don’t recall his name, but it’s been mentioned on other threads in recent days. This guy has experience courting delegates at conventions since 1976.
Also, FOX had a story recently about how Trump has a plan to lobby delegates between the end of the primaries on June 7th and the start of the convention on July 18th.
Just throwing this out there....