I’d also point out that in addition to not being self-funding, Trump is actively using the GOP as his personal piggy bank. One example being the “legal defense fund” he supposedly set up for January 6th protestors…all the money instead ended up going to paying his presidential campaign’s bills and his own legal bills (it was buried in the fine print on being used for other purposes so it was technically legal). Then other fundraisers were used to raise money for paying his legal team for Caroll’s defamation suit, among other things. Not for any actual campaigns.
People want him to run now because nominating Trump would hand the presidency to a senile old guy who’s unlikely to serve out his full term, followed possibly by vice president who is breathtakingly incompetent and would be utterly out of her depth.
We found out from his first term that Trump doesn’t really give a shit about actually doing the job, he just likes the perks. To succeed, he’d need top drawer talent, but given how awful a boss (and person) he is, nobody with any sense wants to work for him. And to get the executive branch under control, you need capable people. People who will follow the Constitution and make sure everything is done according to the rules so such changes will stick, and people who can be trusted to restore faith in the federal government. That is, the complete opposite of the type of person Trump wants (where the only thing that matters is loyalty to him, and fuck everything else).
The indictment we’ve seen so far, plus everything else coming down the pipe, shows Trump doesn’t give a shit about national security or any crisis he causes or lives he puts at risk (some of those documents, according to the indictment, were from human sources). So why anyone is still supporting someone who actually doesn’t care about the rule of law or protecting national security or upholding the Constitution (like he swore to do) is beyond me.
Honestly, if he is the nominee, Biden is screwed because being a generation younger, not being senile, and actually having a very good track record as an executive would likely generate as close to a landslide victory as possible.
Trump is still in the lead, but so was Howard Dean in 2003. Not to mention in debates, if he doesn’t show up and everyone starts roasting him while laying out their visions, he’s going to sink badly.
Not to mention, this indictment is going to really hurt him as the evidence makes its way into the general discourse. He’s also facing the Georgia stuff (debatable whether that would actually succeed), but also an investigation into whether he weaponized the IRS, and a securities fraud investigation over raising money for Truth Social as a venture (it’s a bit of arcane law, but is a criminal matter, and seems to have legs).
Maybe it’s just time we switch to a candidate who doesn’t have a habit of landing himself in hot water due to his own idiocy?
