Sunday 5 March 2023

Trump against RINOS (Republican in name only)

Donald Trump is in blistering form. At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland, he roused his fans with warnings of disaster for the United States unless he was elected president in 2024. His message appeared to be aimed in particular at the group of Republicans called RINOS - Republican in name only. It wasn't a capacity crowd at the conference hall but those who attended seemed to be all wild Trump supporters. Except for at least two people in the room, Mike Pompeo who fancies his chances of winning the Republican nomination and Nikki Haley who likewise thinks her appeal to Republican voters should be greater than her former boss's. Judging by the welcome Trump received during and after his 100-minute speech, I doubt either Pompeo or Haley have a cat in hell's chance of beating the former president. RINOS are basically anyone in the Republican party who doesn't support him. Trump is always incredibly rude about Mitch McConnell, minority leader of the Senate. And Mitt Romney of course. This is going to get ruder and ruder, and louder and louder. I think this is Trump's strategy for the future. Just shout more and more until everyone gets bullied into voting for him. Right now it seems to be working. Poor Pompeo and Haley, they were like minnows in a very large fishpond filled with barracudas. When he eventually makes up his mind to stand for reelection, the quiet hard-to-hear Joe Biden is going to have a tough job drowning out the Trumpian noise.

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