I heard the “Trump might be dropping out” meme on the radio news this morning. They spent several minutes detailing how the RNC was “reviewing” their rules about what to do if Trump left the campaign and how they’d have to choose a successor. The announcer was careful to say they couldn’t force him out, he’d have to step down on his own, and that he hadn’t given any indication that he was planning to bail, but also said that if the RNC is looking at these rules then there must be a reason.
What was particularly funny was that, after all kinds of rampant speculation about Trump leaving with just 3 months until the General election (why on earth would anyone bail out now, barring some serious illness or other catastrophe), there was a very brief, “oh, by the way” one-sentence item at the end of the news spot that mentioned “three DNC leaders have resigned over the email scandal”, with no elaboration and an immediate cut to commercial.
“Dropping out” is an old dirty political trick.
EVERY dirty trick will be played to stop Trump.