I hope not also BUT my gut tells me that with Karl Rove and ALL the Bushies SO THRILLED that WE are in for a disappointment. Trump LOVES a good fight just don’t understand WHY he wouldn’t take up this fight and DRIVE his base, AND evangelicals to the polls in the midterms to secure a larger senate!!! Trump HAS the people behind him, evangelicals came out in droves to elect him, the SC is a HUGE issue for them AND our base why on earth would he think he HAD TO settle for a SWAMP CREATURE that could possibly turn out to be another Roberts!!!!
Trump is playing 3D chess.
He knows that the looney left will go berzerk over anyone he nominates; by nominating a non-Roe.v.Wade "fanatic" he *AGAIN* lets the Dems hang themselves with the uninformed casual voter that they're crazy.
And, he has the academic chops to satisfy anyone ;
And, he was kinda hinted to have been retiring-Justice-Kennedy's choice, and has been around DC a long time. He's "acceptable" to the swamp; so that we might get NoName or Murkowski or Collins on board, even if we lose Paul; and it still keeps the pressure on Red-State Senators up for re-election without giving them an easy out.
Finally, since I mentioned the 2nd Amendment, he is acting as a blocking factor for when President Trump leaves after his 2nd term, making it that much harder to overturn the 2nd by fraud.
...and, once the left has shot themselves in the foot, and the GOP has picked up 4-6 more Senate seats, he can then nominate Ann Coulter or Barrett to replace RBG (and presumably one other lib inJustice will step down as well).