Any supporters? Where’s the applause?

Any comparison or analogy of a Biden/Trump run for another term should include the numerous criminal charges that Trump is facing. I am not a diehard Biden guy, but let’s be real. Trump has baggage, that is heavy. He will be indicted, and will use his run for President to again play the victim.
Trump’s story has grown stale with his lack of new ideas.

George Will published a piece today in which he also said that Trump should not run, for the success of the Republican Party.
Trump ego is overpowering above all reasonableness.

Lying about a blow job in the White House (which was wrong in every way), does not compare to a conspiracy to an insurrection attempt.
Trump is, simply put, delusional, and so are his supporters.

That will explained in the indictment.

I thought the piece might inspire the right wingers to comment on their thoughts about the future of Trump and Trumpism.
So far, they are silent.

More evidence that Trump has lost his luster.
Wake up, Republicans and rebuild your party.

Theissen has been a staunch Trump supporter from Day 1 to the day after the midterms.

"Donald Trump appears to be surrounded by a band of enablers who refuse to tell him things he doesn’t want to hear, so I will: Mr. President, it is not in your interest to run in 2024. If you do, you will likely lose. And you will destroy what remains of your legacy in the process. Please, don’t do it.

Based on his record in office, Trump should be considered one of the greatest conservative presidents in modern times. The Abraham Accords are worthy of a Nobel Prize. Operation Warp Speed is the greatest public health achievement in human history. Trump made the United States an energy superpower and drove the Islamic State from its caliphate. He has a perfect record in appointing judicial conservatives to the Supreme Court. I have chronicled his accomplishments in these pages. I’m not a never-Trumper.

But another presidential run will obliterate what’s left of that legacy. After the 2020 election, I wrote that he should pursue his legal challenges but that if the courts rejected them (which they did), he should graciously concede, focus on saving the Senate majority in Georgia’s runoff, preside over a smooth transition, attend Joe Biden’s inauguration and prepare to reclaim the presidency in four years. Instead, he embraced election denial and surrounded himself with a clown show of legal advisers who convinced him he could hold onto office.

All the ways Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election -- and how it could happen again

Trump’s failure to accept the election results meant he never understood why he lost: Instead of expanding his coalition by winning over Americans who had not voted for him the first time, he alienated millions who approved of his policies but not of him. In September 2020, a record 56 percent of registered voters told Gallup that they were better off under Trump than they had been four years earlier — a remarkable share amid the worst pandemic since 1918, the worst racial unrest since the 1960s and the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. But 56 percent of Americans didn’t vote for Trump; if they had, he would still be president. And his conduct after the election only served to confirm their judgmen

Last Tuesday, voters made clear that their judgment still stands. Despite the disasters President Biden has unleashed, they rejected Trump’s handpicked candidates — his proxies on the ballot — and gave Democrats back their Senate majority. That should be a wake-up call for Trump. He cannot win the presidency with his base alone.
Marc A. Thiessen: The GOP's future lies in Florida -- but not at Mar-a-Lago

Now, he is alienating his base by attacking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). When Trump attacked Jeb Bush or Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), MAGA-world loved it. But MAGA voters also love DeSantis and don’t understand why Trump is going after him. DeSantis delivered the only bright spot on an otherwise dark election night. The smart move for Trump would have been to endorse DeSantis, campaign for him and claim some share of credit for his victory. Instead, Trump devised a weak nickname and an even weaker attack — which has backfired.

Even before the midterms, DeSantis was leading Trump by eight points in a hypothetical Florida primary. Now, a YouGov poll shows him leading Trump by seven points nationally among Republican voters. The share of Republicans favoring Trump in 2024 has declined precipitously — from 78 percent in October 2021 to just 35 percent this month.
Jim Geraghty: DeSantis would pave the way for a post-Trump GOP return to normal

Trump is surrounded by a cabal of grifters who do not have his best interests at heart — sycophants who see him as their meal ticket and a 2024 campaign as a chance to vacuum up millions of dollars, win or lose. They won’t give him hard advice because they don’t care about him — they just want his money.

If they cared, they would tell him the truth — that it’s time to pass the torch. They would have told him to spend some of the $161 million he raised through Sept. 30 on the candidates he endorsed, rather than hoarding it for an ill-begotten 2024 run.

Jennifer Rubin: If the GOP can't get rid of Trump, maybe Georgia's prosecutors can
It’s not too late to reverse course. Instead of announcing a presidential campaign Tuesday night, Trump should announce he is going all-in for Herschel Walker with a massive cash infusion for the Georgia Senate runoff. He should mend fences with DeSantis and stand aside.

I say all this in sadness, not anger. I will always defend Trump’s accomplishments in office. But his conduct since losing office has made him unelectable. He promised we’d win so much, we’d be sick of winning. Well, right now, conservatives are sick of losing. Democrats have won the past two elections running against Trump. If he runs again, they will win a third."

That would do irrevocable harm to both the country and Trump’s legacy. He can go to his grave claiming that the 2020 election was stolen, and many will believe it. But if he loses the 2024 election — or, worse, the GOP primaries — he will go down in history as a loser.

So, Mr. President: For the sake of your reputation and the good of the country, if you want to Make America Great Again — please, stand down.

Marc A. Thiessen

A Democratic Senate would have convicted Trump in two impeachment trials. The partisan, spineless Republican Senate saved his ass twice.
The Senate means a lot—upper chamber and all that.

Trump is definitely losing traction with his worn out lies and bs, while DeSantis is gaining momentum, as undisputed evidenced by the midterm elections—-even with ads, that God has chosen him to be the protector. DeSantis is smart, calculating, and ambitious.
I will not miss Trump, nor will I embrace DeSantis.

Since the midterms have passed and Trump will soon be indicted—I hope he is not “handled with kid gloves”, but rather is afforded all due process, and given a fair trial in all charges. That would be Justice in America.

Really, really twisted.

Has Ron DeSantis been sent by God to “take the arrows”?

DeSantis and his God complex.
“So God made a fighter” the narrator in a DeSantis ad.
Very twisted.