‘but he has ZERO chance of winning back the rust belt....’
you may be right...just remember, plenty of people were of the opinion that Trump had zero chance of breaking the Blue Wall...
Sorry but as a person who lives in the Blue Wall I told everyone that would listen Trump would win it in 16 and laughed at and dismissed.
Trumps strategy was obvious from day one, he would win it right up through this region and there was no doubt he would for anyone not stuck in denial.
I sat back and enjoyed watching the press take hours to realize Trump was going to win here and not only that but talk about his performance in mi and WI for hours before they realized what I had known since about 10pm... Hillary was going to lose PA by a bigger margin that either of them.
There is no path for the Democrats to take back any of these states in 20
No matter who their nominee is.. and this time I expect Trump to take Mn as well.
Like I said if you believe that any dem will win here you dont understand how and why Trump won here in 16