He can win the Presidency without kissing up to the GOPe establishment and the Democrats. But he’s been doing it anyway. He will compromise too much. He could have a bigger landslide by excoriating the statists and whipping people like me who are angry our country is going down the drain. Instead he pulls back and liberalizes his base and tries to be everything to everyone. No, that’s someone I can’t trust.
Statism is at the root of Trump’s wealth. The state is his partner. He’s not going to turn on them anymore than he’d quit working with banks. The state is where he gets his money.