And he is doing that right now in real time.
Trump is aggressively destroying his own brand.
Trump has been ‘at war’ with Dems and RINOS since 2015 when he declared his intent to campaign for the nomination.
That’s 7 long years of butting heads and tolerating unending, over the top BS from his opponents. I think Trump has some kind of Combat Fatigue.
I think these things don’t matter much. If there is high inflation and high gas prices, Trump will win.
There was never any alternative anyway. Someone else from the GOP, like McCain and Romney, would be indistinguishable from a Democrat, in goals or at least results.
Interesting. Here is my take:
Our nation was formed with a federated government format. We have general state governments with their local subdivisions as well as a limited national Federal government as formed and limited by the US Constitution. Both of these forms of government have divisions of powers generally conforming to legislative, executive and judicial with each having different forms of appointment of such individuals as hold such offices. Generally these forms of appointment are generally limited to election or appointment with conformation or consent processes as are contained in the various constitutions under which the particular government operates.
To conduct the three areas of governmental offices for the general and federal government we have elections. Certain elections include the Presidential office of the Federal Government and certain elections, often referred to as “mid-term elections” do not.
During the run-up to any election, its related primary elections to select Party candidates, the election itself and the period immediately afterword there may be general discussion of future elections but it is sensible to expect public office holders and public office seekers to focus their comments and public discussions on the elections at-hand.
Failure to do so will normally result in public irritation and negative comment.
During the recent mid-term election for 2022 we have had the former President Donald Trump hold his signature rallies to keep interest in his political future and influence viable and to lend support for such candidates as he has endorsed for the good of the country, as he sees it, and for his political capital. These appearances are typical for major political figures and are in good tradition. During these appearances and the publicity surrounding them the former President has teased future announcements for future elections — again well within custom and convention.
In the three days following the 2022 election, when the office he may later seek is not in play or analysis or even yet in primary competitions, President Trump has made a number of disparaging comments, only suitable for a primary competition, when he has yet to declare for the office involved and where the normal custom and convention would have public discourse focused on the election winners and losers of the election just held. These comments give the appearance that President Trump is unwilling to have public political focus on anything other than his political pursuits and appear to be belittling of the great contests, elections and successes of the processes just finished. This shows a lack of statesmanship that is unsettling for some of his supporters. Other supporters see the Presidential office as all important and the former President’s pursuit of that office as all-encompassing and see no disparagement in his actions. This division in reactions by his supporters is recent and yet to be seen as permanent or impacting his future viability.
However, what is now impactful is the former President’s opponents on the left and in weakened factions of the Republican Party are using their surrogate media propagandists to recognize these possible missteps as leading to a weakening of heretofore monolithic support by Trump’s backers and supporters. President Trump is in control of the continuation of this division of his supporters.