Trump Appears To Float Third-Party Threat If GOP Won't Back Him

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Former President Donald Trump has appeared to float the idea of running a third-party campaign if increasingly disgruntled Republican leaders don’t get behind his 2024 run for the presidency.

Trump signaled the possibility by posting an article on Truth Social Wednesday ― “The Coming Split,” by Dan Gelernter, in the right-wing journal American Greatness ― promoting just such an option.

Gelernter believes such a move would torpedo Trump’s chances of winning the White House. But it would also wipe out Republican hopes, which Gelernter argued would be a deserving punishment for rejecting the popular former president.

“Do I think Trump can win as a third-party candidate? No,” he wrote. “Would I vote for him as a third-party candidate? Yes. Because I’m not interested in propping up this corrupt [GOP] gravy-train any longer.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-floats-third-party-threat-071227119.html

Please proceed.

[Chainfire]

1. So Trump is in the process of being fired from the party, so he announces he is quitting.

Democratic heaven would be Trump and DeSantis both running, and both of them telling the truth about each other.

[GPV]

2. We can only hope

[sellitman]

3. He's only interested in himself and $$$

He could care less about the GOP.

I would love nothing more than watching them all self destruct.

[exboyfil]

4. About that impeachment

Guys we tried to help you out with that one.

Morons.

[Buckeyeblue]

11. That's right!

Both impeachments were gifts to the Republicans. I really thought on the first one that they were going to double-cross him and be done with him forever. The second one was a slam dunk for the Republicans but they didn't take it.

And now they have to either nominate him or probably deal with him as a third party candidate.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. YES. PLEASE DO PROCEED!

I think many of us would love to see TFG run as a 3rd party candidate.

Split the Republican vote and we would win handily!

[zuul]

6. Ha ha ha ha ha!

They let that fucking narcissist take over their party and now they can’t control him.

[JohnSJ]

7. He will make an agreement with whoever the repuke nominee is to pardon him if they win the election

otherwise he will split the ticket

Unless of course he gets the nomination

[Lovie777]

8. The GQP would rather pay him off.....

but with that it would be a lifetime commitment.

[Phoenix61]

9. Sounds like an awesome plan. Please proceed. nt

[lees1975]

10. Does Gelernter not realize that most of the corrupt GOP gravy train

is Trump's doing?

If Democrats play this well, and the DOJ follows through with indictments, evidence that is irrefutable and get convictions, the GOP, united or divided, will be dead in the water,

[usonian]

12. He can run as an independent

On the bullshit party.



I’ll be waiting for Iago
When he exits Mar-a-lago!

With his Casio.

[Blue Owl]

13. tRump's a floater in his own turd party

[lindysalsagal]

14. See? 2023's already looking up.

[no_hypocrisy]

15. That would cut off his subsidies from the Republican Party.

He might have to spend his own money.

I don't see it.

[Victor_c3]

16. I wonder how that would impact the congressional races in 2024

A split republican/trump vote bodes well for democrats in the race for the presidency, but what about congressional races?

Any thoughts?