Trump invited him then endorsed Ryan at the rally? It was up to Trump to make sure Nehlan got in as I understand it. Nehlan not being allowed in hurts Trump. Did Nehlan hit back by showing up knowing he would not be allowed in? Or did he show up knowing his supporters would boo when Trump endorsed Ryan? In fact, did Trump’s people join with the Wisconsin GOP in stopping Nehlan from getting in because Trump didn’t want Nehlan’s supporters from booing?
The GOP is in control of the Trump campaign. Let’s face it. Trump loves his money and wants to be reimbursed. So, the GOP told him he’ll never get a dime from them unless he starts doing things their way. The first cave was to pick Pence.
However, I still suspect that Trump is another Perot. Once he gets up in the polls he says or does something stupid, such as endorsing Ryan and sticking it to Nehlan, thus sticking it to his supporters, so there is a reason for his poll numbers to drop. We constantly hear about how smart Trump is. And we believe it. Then why does he say stupid things just when he shouldn’t?
No one needs to get too excited about this. I have a feeling us Trump supporters are going to be just as depressed as the Cruz supporters, and the Sanders supporters, when it’s all over.
Oh, and by the way, Ryan is saying he might pull his endorsement of Trump.
Nehlan not being allowed in hurts Trump.
What hurts Trump is the appearance he is being lead around by the nose by GOP. He should never have agreed to this WI rally without Ryan agreeing to appear with him. He looks the junior partner here, Ryan will take advantage of that by continuing to lecture Trump. That isn’t going to help going forward.
You’re EXACTLY right and no one in here wants to touch the elephant in the room!
Trump endorsed Ryan and McLame yet many will twist and gyrate themselves into a pretzel to tell all of us “what Trump was really doing” or what “Trump really meant was”
I’m trying my damnest to keep my support behind this guy but when he pulls crap like this he is further and further unveiling something many have said but we refused to listen to. If polls are accurate this is why
I think you are misunderstanding Trump’s reliance on the RNC. It’s too late to build a big ground operation in the states. Trump has to rely on the RNC if he wants to win, because they have huge numbers of experienced staffers in all the 15 or so swing states and an impressive variety of analytic info on voters.
This has nothing to do with reimbursement of his own money. He’s already said a few times in public that he refuses to be reimbursed for anything that he’s spent of his own. The money that the RNC is providing Trump’s campaign is money that Trump himself raised for the party with an agreement already in place that he would receive the majority of the money, while a smaller fraction would go to down-ballot Republicans. That is hardly the same thing as your accusation that he’s just greedy. Spending over 60 million of his own money already is the opposite of greed.
You’ve got things very backwards here. I would suggest you get outside of the Freeper bubble and see what’s really happening in the larger political world. Trying to almost single-handedly fight the Dems, the GOPe, and foremost the media over the past two weeks has caused his poll numbers to drop like a brick cast in the ocean (Real Clear Politics Trump v. Clinton poll averages). He had to do something to stem the bleeding. Trump already has the vast majority of us. He needs the 10% or so of the population that he might be able to get but who see things very, very differently from us. These are the sorts who like mainstream Republicanism or who are Indies who fear that Trump is too radical. They want to see signs that he is “safe” enough to vote for. And seeing him unify his party like Reagan did (while quoting Reagan even) is a sign of that.
Trump had to change the media narrative. With this one move he knocked the Khan scandal, which all evidence suggested was destroying his campaign, to the periphery. He began with letting everyone know that he actually likes Nehlen better, and he gave him a national spotlight that he has never had before. Yet Trump sees that Ryan is up 66% over Nehlen. He knows no matter how much he or his followers like Nehlen, he’s going to lose. By doing the refusal to endorse followed by endorsing, he gets the best of both worlds (and two media cycles not focused on Trump hates vets, Trump is insane, Trump is an agent of Putin, and other paranoid propaganda). Now he can crow that he endorsed the winner, while telling the GOPe that he is unifying the party and how it's time to get behind him to beat Hillary and the Dems (which should be everyone's first priority).
In re: the other two, the lefties/media were using his old McCain comments to further the Khan propaganda narrative that Trump hates vets. Trump did what he could to stop this. Ayotte going down in flames in NH will hurt his chances of winning the state. Plus, he really does need the Senate to stay Republican if he wants to get his agenda passed. McConnell may be bad, but Reid will be many times worse at working with a President Trump. Just remember, if Trump wins, the anti-establishment forces will have more power within party than at any time since at least Reagan (if not ever). Doing what he needs to do to win should be the first priority.
You can take your defeatism and distorted analysis and stuff it.
Why not submit your observations to the New York Slimes (or LA Slimes) as a Letter to the Commissar? I’m sure they would appreciate some sniping at Trump as you seem prone to do.
You call yourself a ‘Trump supporter’? If you were arrested and charged with supporting Trump, the cops would release you inside of 5 minutes due to the lack of any evidence.