Donald Trump wants to run the Republican party even if he leaves office. Can he?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump may not be president much longer, but he still wants to run the Republican Party for the foreseeable future.

If he can.

From setting up a political action committee to suggesting he might run again in 2024, Trump is already working to keep his hold on the GOP after his term ends – but he also faces formidable obstacles in his future drive to stay relevant, according to advisers and other members of the Republican Party.

"He'll be the head of the party, no matter what happens," said one Trump aide, who like others spoke on condition of anonymity because the president still believes he will prevail in his election lawsuits.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-wants-to-run-the-republican-party-even-if-he-leaves-office-can-he/ar-BB1b0zub?li=BBnb7Kz

He'll run it straight into the ground.

[spanone]

1. No sign anyone in the gop is willing to take it back from him.

[jimfields33]

4. He's going to be a big pain!!!!

God forbid they give him RNC Chair.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I hope he does. This is a guy who lost money running casinos,

and he can be counted on to completely destroy what's left of the GOP.

[jimfields33]

5. What's left?

They lost the presidency. They gained most everywhere else.

[Blue Owl]

3. What a great idea -- turn it over to Mr. Bankruptcy and his proven record!!!

[d_b]

6. i hope Twitter shitcans him

[onecaliberal]

13. I'm on twitter but they're a pile of shit too. People get suspended for much much less than dump

Is allowed to spew hate and incite violence. Fuck every corporate overlord. I hope they all get the karma they deserve.

[Thomas Hurt]

7. Still going to work on his touch myself rallies...

fleecing his marks, and trying to install a christofascist theocracy.

Oh, it also seems that at least some of the RWNJs expect him to build a media empire.

[crimycarny]

8. Not if NY has anything to do with it

Multiple civil and criminal investigations. Mary Trump stated she is sure he won’t run in 2024. She stated several reasons, the two main reasons being: 1) he won’t want to risk losing again, and 2) his health, both mental and physical. She says he will continue to degrade both in physical and mental health due to his “terrible physical and untreated mental illness.”

I liked that last part, “untreated mental illness” because it speaks the simple truth.

[spooky3]

12. +1

[captain queeg]

9. I hope he does. Everything he touches dies.

[NCjack]

10. Good idea, Mr. Indicited Head of the GOP. Every time his legal problems are in the

news, the criminal GOP will be mentioned as joined at the hip to Donnie.

[OAITW r.2.0]

11. 1st order of business will be to rename the GOP to the Trump Party.

Next order of business will be to restructure the financial fundraising operation so that he gets his 15% off the top.

[gulliver]

14. He'll join Hannity and OAN in running the GOP

It will be interesting to see how the media market plays out. Fox News never had any serious competition before. Trump could literally give Murdoch a run for his money. Murdoch may have to destroy Trump or give him a show.

I don't know how much energy Trump has left. Like the Presidency, a media presence might be used to keep Trump out of jail for a while. He'll claim the prosecutors are trying to shut him up. But that $400 million he owes is going to have to come from somewhere. And I don't know that his real estate holdings are going to do well under the management and name of a worldwide pariah.

The GOP will still kowtow to Trump and let their other dogs continue to bark at the "radical liberal left," unless Biden succeeds in peeling off ten or so points by getting the country cooperative and prosperous. I'm optimistic he can do that.

[Chainfire]

15. I think that the Republicans will gradually wean off of the Trump teat.

[LiberalLovinLug]

16. I hope his businesses crash, and he is charged with multiple crimes

And his mental health goes down rapidly. To where he is ranting about space aliens, and blue cheese. That only his most ardent idiots can take him seriously anymore.

[doc03]

17. Every loser of a presidential election is pretty much shunned by the party. Nobody wants to be seen

with them, they aren't even wanted at the party convention. I think eventually most of his supporters are going to
come to the realization that Trump lost the election when no evidence of cheating is produced. Also every legal
charge against him has to be pursued, he has to be exposed as the con man he is. I don't see him helping to win
the Senate races in Georgia, he doesn't care about anyone else.

[BlueNProud]

18. Outgoing one term president, eventually they'll be warfare in the GOP

if he tries to run the party.

[MineralMan]

19. That is up to the Republican Party.

It chooses its own leadership.

[Brother Mythos]

20. I believe it's a given that Trump will continue to use his power and influence ...

over the Republican Party's base for some time to come. And, it's obvious the majority of the party's career politicians are deathly afraid that Trump will turn on them, and turn the party's base against them.

However, I also believe the Republican donor class is done with Trump. If his hold on the party is to be broken, it will ultimately be because the donor class uses the power of their money to slowly erode Trump's influence, and allow the career politicians to safely ignore him.

[Cosmocat]

23. The donor class fought him up to the convention

He doesn't need them because he has the zombie base.

He is the figure that gives them the purest fix of hatred and entitlement.

His coke fiend son and chickie already are worming their way into the RNC.

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. Trump won't "run" anything. He wants loyalty from the party, but won't ever want to work

Wanting it to feed him money and obey his whims are not "running" it. He won't be able to plan its future. He'll need Putin, or Bannon, to do that for him. And they may not find him the most useful figurehead in the future.

[MissMillie]

22. That will be tough for him to do from jail (n/t)

.

[Bettie]

24. I honestly think the best case scenario

is that Trump starts a Trump/Q-anon party and runs a whole lot of candidates under his banner.

He's got the slavish devotion of a large enough segment of the right to make it disruptive.

So, in districts all over the country, you have a Trumpist, a Republican, and a Democrat on the ballot.

Frankly, I'd enjoy watching them tear each other apart.