in exile in Florida, is musing about starting his own personal political partei, "The Patriot Party".
Now, as soon as we are done guffawing there are two ways we can look at this:
1.) The idea is likely one of several being bruited about in TrumpWorld (along with starting his own wing nut Falangist news channel) all with the ultimate goal of monetizing the MAGAs. Trump faces gigantic legal and financial challenges, his topmost priority at the moment is building up liquidity, given his busted businesses and bungled opportunities, milking his base of their last nickel may well be his best and only option at the moment. "The Patriot Party" might be a nice handy cudgel by which to command some deference from the GOP in 2022/2024. Assuming of course, Trump can stay out of jail.
2.) Trump may well be serious about "The Patriot Party", maybe he thinks he can split the GOP vote in 2022-2024, maybe he really thinks he can force this new combination into the Big Time. Chaos and anarchy are really his brand (as we saw last week at the Capitol) and he knows the GOP's leadership at best pays lip service to him, and speak venomously of him in private. "The Patriot Partei" does exempt him from negotiating with people who detest him, and he can commune with his base in a permanent state of brutal excitement.
Whatever his motivations, third parties are notorious money pits, it is difficult if not impossible to get on the fifty state's individual ballots, that alone means recruiting hundreds of pricey ass lawyers, creating a cadre of elected officials almost never happens (who votes for a third party candidate for county commissioner?)...cracking the hold of the Democrats & Republicans is a very pricey proposition indeed.
So by all means lets encourage Trump along this very path, he'll bankrupt the MAGAs and split the GOP vote in 2022 and 2024 (hopefully) I am not seeing any downside for Trump marching out into the political wastelands that claimed Henry A. Wallace, Ross Perot or Strom Thurmond.
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