I think he intends to lead an insurrection against the GOPe and take over the party. The GOPe remnant will have to be the ones forming a third party. The Republocrats?
Amen to your idea! Let the GOPeeers go form their own party,,Trump is in the GOP and that’s how it’s going to be.
Others will just have to “Deal With It!”
I think he intends to lead an insurrection against the GOPe and take over the party.
****************
I understand and sincerely sympathize with your optimism but with all due respect, that is unlikely to happen. If Trump thinks he can repurpose the GOP he is naïve. The GOP is a long standing institution with its own well established political culture, traditional funding mechanisms, and relationships with party supporters and media personalities. It has a Washington DC focus and a strong preference for maintaining the status quo. In a very real sense it is like a lumbering elephant comfortably grazing in the Washington DC savannah. The elephant moves slowly and is not easily pushed around against its will.
Trump is an impatient, results oriented businessman unschooled in the ways of viscous Washington politics. Don’t get me wrong, I really like Trump and I think we need someone like him to lead us out of the national morass we’re in. But Washington institutions like the congress, the government agencies and the two political parties are totally different kinds of beasts that can resist and frustrate even the strongest of personalities. Changing the course of just one federal agency is a monumental challenge that few are willing to tackle.
I honestly think a new, third party would be his best chance of putting the nation on a new course. The GOP is already busy trying to undermine him because he is seen as a threat to the status quo and certain political arrangements that benefit the party — but not conservative interests.
People are mad as hell at politicians and both parties. The time is ripe for new ideas and a new direction IMO.