Trump Allies Plot Candidate Intervention After Disastrous 48 Hours
Source: NBC
Republican National Committee head Reince Priebus, former Republican New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich are among the Trump endorsers hoping to talk the real estate mogul into a dramatic reset of his campaign in the coming days, sources tell NBC News.
The group of GOP heavyweights hopes to enlist the help of Trump's children - who comprise much of his innermost circle of influential advisers - to aid in the attempt to rescue his candidacy. Trump's family is considered to have by far the most influence over the candidate's thinking at what could be a make-or-break moment for his campaign.
The idea is in its early stages, and there's no guarantee that Trump's team would entertain a conversation requiring such comprehensive changes for a candidate who has resisted calls to moderate his tone or reel in his most outlandish political positions.
Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-allies-plot-candidate-intervention-after-disastrous-48-hours-n622216?cid=sm_twitter_feed_politics
Remember when the Trump campaign was going to reboot after the Judge Curiel debacle?
Remember when the Trump campaign was going to reboot with Paul Manafort providing "professional" management?
Native
(5,936 posts)Fritz Walter
(4,290 posts)Flies on the wall can get hit by shrapnel!
And the Mangled Apricot Hellbeast will go to pieces that fast in an intervention.
underpants
(182,585 posts)Daddy is awesome. We all work for Daddy.
If they really do get on board with this, they are playing with fire.
graegoyle
(532 posts)...trust funds.
ToxMarz
(2,162 posts)The family business will never be the same
Skittles
(153,104 posts)we now see up close what this family is really like, and it ain't pretty
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)unitedwethrive
(1,997 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(48,938 posts)getting old in mke
(813 posts)Winners exceed expectations...
livetohike
(22,118 posts)America has seen what a disgusting piece of work he is beyond "You're fired!". There are a few months left to have him and the adult children be completely humiliated.
emulatorloo
(44,057 posts)Kids are enablers.
WinstonSmith4740
(3,055 posts)This reminds me of how Romney (and even more deliciously, Karl Rove) was totally caught off guard when Obama won in 2012. He believed his OWN polls, instead of, you know, reliable ones that showed him losing. Nobody will ever be able to convince Trump he's wrong...it just won't happen. And since his kids are as delusional as he is, well do the math.
bucolic_frolic
(43,027 posts)the baggage remains, the personality endures
cab67
(2,990 posts)Had they done this - successfully - before the convention, it might have had an impact. But now? You can only walk back so much.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,576 posts)Trump isn't a guy you can do an "intervention" on because that would require a capacity for introspection, which he doesn't have. His kids won't be any use because they are political rookies who have spent their entire lives in Daddy's bizarre alternate universe and are as clueless as he is. And Giuliani and Gingrich have been among Trump's biggest enablers - they've encouraged and defended his behavior so far; how are they going to persuade him to behave now? How is anybody going to stop him from being what he is?
underpants
(182,585 posts)Someone at sometime must have said something that she can use.
He'll cast Rudy and Newt off like yesterday's food photo prop. They all are tied to him. He owns them and he knows it.
eShirl
(18,477 posts)kskiska
(27,045 posts)They can mimic "normal" for a short time, but will always revert to their natural state.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,576 posts)Trump goes off script during every speech, usually within minutes. He is what he is; they can "intervene" every day and nothing he does or is will change.
ffr
(22,665 posts)Stay the course my friend!
Let me speak to Drumpf. "You're doing great. You're a winner and you're winning. Keep up the good work. Here's your phone back."
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,283 posts)underpants
(182,585 posts)brooklynite
(94,302 posts)@KatyTurNBC reports Christie is not part of the intervention, sources say it's because he's still mad about the VP process.
auntpurl
(4,311 posts)Couldn't have happened to a nicer shitbag.
Oh, that gave me a chuckle.
Yavin4
(35,420 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,576 posts)For Chris:
kairos12
(12,841 posts)Yavin4
(35,420 posts)not.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)3catwoman3
(23,943 posts)...Rick Wilson.
hey, Rick - c'mon over. The water's fine.
rollin74
(1,969 posts)I really don't think he is capable of controlling his mouth or resetting the direction of his campaign
the republicans would be wasting their time trying to convince him to change. They're basically dealing with someone who thinks, behaves and reacts like a child.
good luck with that, GOP
groundloop
(11,513 posts)relayerbob
(6,536 posts)That doesn't even make sense. Yes, you can reboot a computer, whose memory is stripped clean, but you cannot "reboot" actual history. As much as they might try, no matter how much Trump tries to kissy-kissy, it'll only make him look phony on top of insane. Dumping him as a candidate reflects on the entire party and also won't help. And Obama's handing the paint can to Mitchell and Ryan to apint the,selves into a corner with is not going to help them on this ride. They "reboot", now suddenly a whole team of Democratic leaders are saying"We told you so, they did what we asked" and the right goes (more) insane. They are seriously screwed right now. The best they can hope for is that he mellows out, but come the debates and Hillary starts pulling off his armor in front of the whole country, whatever facade they concoct will all melt away
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)On lifetime network.
randr
(12,409 posts)Three Republicans who had already lost any personal credibility propping up a dementian old man.
May they go down in flames together.
They truly represent between them the face of the Republican Party, or what is left of it.
Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,519 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,867 posts)GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)apnu
(8,749 posts)An intervention?!?! Like Trump is a drunk or druggie?
Everyday is a day of Presidential firsts with Trump, none of them are good.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,710 posts)When it comes to the GOP it takes a village to raise an idiot
tclambert
(11,084 posts)you give him. Yeah, try to work out the psychological calculus of that. Do you intentionally give him bad advice, hoping for him to do the opposite and risking he might follow it? Or do you give him the best advice, the greatest, and risk he does the opposite just to show you he's smarter than everyone else?
(Answer: It doesn't matter. He won't listen. He will do whatever the hell he happens to think of in that moment. You're stuck with the Donald you've got, and can never get to the Donald you wish for.)
bucolic_frolic
(43,027 posts)is something parents and supporting staff do with a wayward teen
ADD, narcissism, borderline ... this is beyond the pale in the way they
are putting up with all these tantrums
It's like they too, have no sound minds
Koinos
(2,792 posts)If they pay him $650 million to pay off his debts, including those to the Russian oligarchs (aka mob) and they offer him a lifetime position with Fox, he might consider stepping down.
anamandujano
(7,004 posts)Now that they helped enable the monster, we should expect them to troubleshoot a potentially explosive situation when he loses. They should speak of this immediately.
"And it's clear that deep unease within the Republican Party is continuing to fester, despite party officials' efforts to turn the corner with a parade of "unity" pageantry of the GOP convention two weeks ago"
Needless to say, Trump will not be intervened. I suspect Melania has no influence over him at all and possibly no real place in his life, jmho.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)How many times can the guy pivot before the media realizes he is just spinning in circles ?
nadine_mn
(3,702 posts)It will cause him to spin even more off script. He will accuse Gingrich, Guiliani and Preibus of being Hillary operatives determined to bring him down.
That should be delightful to watch.
safeinOhio
(32,632 posts)Rinse and repeat.
Botany
(70,442 posts)Trump was in Columbus, OH for one day and he picked a fight w/the Fire Dept. the Mayor,
and a venuess management team.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/08/01/some-trump-supporters-unhappy-after-being-turned-away-because-of-space-capacity.html
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)until they lose spectacularly to Hillary. it will be yuuuge! The greatest landslide ever!
DFW
(54,268 posts)Let him drag the chances of the Republican Party recapturing the White House downward toward zero, and let him him drag the chances of every Republican nominee for Senate, House, Governor, and State Legislature down along with him.
Trump is the choice of a Republican rank and file created by 20 years of their propaganda arm of Fox "News." Now their version of Rosemary's baby is all grown up and running as their candidate for president. If they don't like that, they should abandon their propaganda machine and get themselves another one.
forest444
(5,902 posts)By "intervention" they probably mean something along the lines of an Arthur Bremer scenario.
Squinch
(50,901 posts)they should try something different this time. A barbecue or a nail spa party...
Skittles
(153,104 posts)the man is not capable of changing
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)"Newt, fetch me a Perrier on ice, lime, not lemon."
"Reince, grab the car and go pick up my dry cleaning."
"Where is Chris? I need my shoes shined."
frogmarch
(12,153 posts)and fall into it headfirst in November...but not until then, because I don't want him to quit or be kicked out of the race and be replaced by a GOP candidate who'd be more popular than Trump is.
lindysalsagal
(20,570 posts)The group of GOP heavyweights hopes to enlist the help of Trump's children - who comprise much of his innermost circle of influential advisers - to aid in the attempt to rescue his candidacy.
They learned long ago not to challenge daddy: he will cut them off!
This would be where fRump would lose his family. He's lost washington already.