The Entente Between Trump and the Republican Elite
The Entente Between Trump and the Republican Elite
Robert Kuttner
May 17, 2016
We are starting to see the sorry spectacle of a Republican establishment that detests Donald Trump falling in line behind his candidacy. Before it’s over, schisms will be papered over, the vast majority of Republican elected officials will endorse Trump, and he will pick up plenty of Republican donors as well.
You can see all this in the well-choreographed back-pedaling by House Speaker Paul Ryan and by RNC Chairman Reince Preibus, and in the increasing isolation of the few senior Republican elected officials such as Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse who have pledged never to support Trump.
A week ago, I wrote in this space that “efforts by Republican leaders to block Trump’s election to the presidency will only intensify.” Well, that prediction sure has been overtaken by events.
What about the plain contradictions between many of Trump’s positions and those of most Republicans? Evidently, those will be papered over, too. The man is nothing if not an opportunist. He has shown himself capable of reversing his positions on a dime. And he will.
http://prospect.org/article/entente-between-trump-and-republican-elite
