Donald Trump "still leads" the Republican Party

Most people this side of the Atlantic will probably not have heard of Ronna McDaniel but she's the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee and therefore she is a big influencer. She says Donald Trump is still very much the boss of the Republican Party and the party's heaviest hitter and donation attraction, and so everyone has to acknowledge it. It's true because he has just helped get donations for the party of more than $100 million, every time he goes out to speak all his voter fans are there to hear him and whatever he says makes big headlines. Can anyone else in the Republican Party match all that? The answer is no, but yet again it underlines the dire straits the party is in if no one but Trump is their future. McDaniel said in a commercial radio interview that Trump was the most popular Republican in the country and therefore remained the leader. Full stop. On that basis, Trump almost has an obligation to stand for president again, if the chairwoman of the national commitee believes there is no one else to touch him. Trump I'm sure will be delighted by her words but his potential would-be rivals for the top job will no doubt be fuming.