Trump is losing support

With Donald Trump in court in Miami facing 37 criminal charges, the reality of it is at last getting to his rival Republican presidential candidates. They can't go on giving him their backing. The screw is beginning to turn. Even the previously loyal Nikki Haley, Trump's ambassador to the UN, is now expressing horror at the scale of the federal charges against her former boss, describing the retention of so many classified documents in his home as reckless behaviour. Chris Christie, former New Jersey governor and another candidate, is more openly hostile and says Trump should withdraw from the campaign. Depending on what happens today in court and in subsequent weeks, I can envisage a growing bandwagon from within the Republican party for Trump to put the country first and stand down as a presidential candidate. Of course he has said he will fight on regardless but there will come a point when he must see that even some of his most loyal supporters will reach the same conclusion. Not the nutters who have threatened violence if he is convicted. Hopefully they are in the minority. But the average Republican voter who loves their country and would not want it to become a global pariah. The Trump-must-withdraw campaign has started.