Posted on 02/03/2016 9:11:54 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
As far as I can tell, Donald Trump's grieving process works more or less completely in the reverse order from what you would expect from a rational human being. Immediately after the event, Trump was more or less in acceptance mode, saying he was proud of finishing second, he loved the people of Iowa, he was going to come back and buy a farm there.
Then he went into depression, secluding himself for an uncharacteristically long time from twitter and the media.
Working backwards, he skipped over bargaining and went straight to anger, blaming the media and their unfair treatment of him.
Then this morning, he went into denial mode, basically saying that the Iowa loss never even happened and there should be a do over.
But if you look deeper into Trump's twitter rant this morning, and you have some understanding of both his neuroses and the cynical way he plays his followers, you can see that Trump has already decided how he will react to a loss in the GOP primaries, if he suffers one: he will refuse to accept the results and run third party.
Look at what Trump is doing here. He is complaining about a series of events that are, by any objective measure, ordinary politics, and he is treating them as evidence of "fraud" or that the results of Iowa were somehow completely illegitimate.
As Trump always does, he is clearly pre-complaining about anything even potentially damaging to him as the result of "unfair" treatment or a fixed, "unfair" process. If he should lose New Hampshire, he will do it again, even though the RNC booted National Review from the upcoming debate in order to mollify him (and yet allowed an openly anti-Cruz moderator onto the stage).
Trump is prepping his followers to bolt with him for a third party run if he loses the nomination. In fact, if he loses New Hampshire and South Carolina, he may just do it pre-emptively. I suspect this is a decision he has already made. Now, I know that he will probably not be able to get on the ballot at this late date in many states, but the point will not be to win, it will be to damage the Republican nominee, which has been Trump's goal from the beginning of this process.
Personally, I think a three way race between Cruz/Rubio, Trump, and Hillary will end up pretty well for the GOP. There's a lot of evidence that a majority of Trump's support comes from disaffected Democrats, and there are plenty of Democrats who are less than enthused about voting for Hillary.
I just wish that if Trump were not man enough to accept the will of the electorate, that he would go ahead and declare that he's running third party and save us all a lot of trouble.
Very mature keywords added by Trump fans.
I get that, but in his high-profile race, it would be beneficial for him to at least take a look at the people he retweets - especially now that the issue has been raised. I do, and I only have four figures in followers.
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“I do, and I only have four figures in followers.”
..and Trump has what, seven figures of twitter followers?
How much play time do you think Trump has compared to the average person?
True. He has enough time to take a quick look at the person’s profile to ensure they won’t cast a bad light on him. If he can’t find time to do that while he’s busy Twitterstorming, then, I don’t know what to say.
I agree. Last night, Chris Stirewalt characterized it as being one foot from the hole on the green and then throwing your clubs away and choking your caddy.
I really had hoped that he would remain gracious and mature.
I hope he is.
He already had gone back and forth at least twice after signing the loyalty oath. Anyone who asks Trump to sign a loyalty oath is kind of dense, if you ask me.
In fairness, the prenup for his second marriage outlined that they would get divorced after seven or eight years.
Why not? Shouldn’t he stand up?
Any criticism of Trump is anti-Trump propaganda. Trump is perfect! Talking about Trump in anything less than praise is a hit piece. I have been noticing lately you don’t praise Trump enough. Are you anti-Trump?
I hope my posts make a difference.
NRO is not part of the Republican party. He would make Hillary Clinton president because the free media dared criticize him? What would a surrender monkey like that be as president? He would hide under the desk when Putin or ISIS challenged him?
It isn’t even a rumor. It is another smear by TedState and this Leon Wolf.
So you conjecture. Keep insulting Trumps support and I won’t be surprised if he does retaliate. Politics isn’t tiddly winks.
Basically, you are saying that no one should stick up for this country. We should all got French anbd let the Clintons, Trumps, ans Soros of the world attack our country.
I conjecture because I’ve never seen a metrosexual, all talk person like Trump who was a real man. 100% wimp.
I am voting Trump. People like the nro et al and their orchestrated anti Trump and the ad hocs like you might just push him to spoil the race.
If he doesn't drop out first. If Trump drops out and endorses Jeb or Hillary, do you intend to vote for them?
I have always been for him running third party. I don't think he has the money to do that, and isn't stupid enough to spend the money he could, but I say go for it.
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