If Trump is blocked via GOP crap maneuvers then he should run not third party, but TEA PARTY. It’s been a long time coming.
How dare the will of the 37% of GOP primary and caucus voters who are voting for Trump be disrespected!!! I’m so mad!! Grrrr!! Damn that other 63%!!
There is no such thing as "the" Tea Party as a formal political party. It is a term that describes any number of separate groups that refer to themselves as one "tea party" or the other . So, Trump cannot run as the candidate of the "Tea Party" because it doesn't exist.
The fact is, self-described "Tea Partiers" are all over the place when it comes to Trump anyway. Maybe of them like him, and many absolutely despite him. Those tea partiers who consider themselves strong conservatives are much more likely to oppose him.
His only options other than the GOP are to run as a write-in independent, or to bail out early and go for the nomination of one of the pre-existing smaller parties. If Trump is blocked via GOP crap maneuvers then he should run not third party, but TEA PARTY. It’s been a long time coming.