https://amgreatness.com/2022/11/17/trumps-petard/
The next election is of course years away and the primary remains extant. A week is an aeon in politics and although many of us are flapping in the wind, I see this as just another slump on the way to a conservative victory. The Democrats probably stole Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Arizona again, in all three cases with awful candidates. The silver lining is McConnell remains outside of real power, which, in relative terms, is a real gain for Trump. In my view, he has not done nearly enough to remove McConnell for good.
In any case, his election is the presidential, and no other candidate can claim to have won that one before. The sound and fury around Ron DeSantis forgets the other 35 Republican governors, some backed by populations and interest groups far more powerful than anyone to whom DeSantis has access. Think of the fundraising muscle behind the Texas oilmen backing Greg Abbott, or the establishment honchos behind Youngkin, the fracking barons behind Kristi Noem, or the still considerable MAGA posse behind Kari Lake. We are teeming with Republican governors, and there’s no good reason to think any of them will just clear the field for anyone else, even Trump.
Trump will be Trump. The question is will he impale himself and go down as a winner or a loser? Is his story a tragedy, a comedy, or a republican tale for the ages?