A Trump “intervention”: With his campaign on the brink of implosion,GOP officials reportedly plot...

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A Trump “intervention”: With his campaign on the brink of implosion, GOP officials reportedly plot alternative options

Panic at the top ranks of the GOP after Trump appears to go on the warpath against the Republican establishment

SOPHIA TESFAYE

Once again, Donald Trump is a at war with his own party.

Less than 100 days out from the general election and still no sight of any “presidential pivot.”

The Republican civil war is raging on as Trump looks to be causing a complete unraveling by Congressional and party leadership. After a wild post-DNC period for the GOP nominee, there are now multiple reports of both a planned intervention to rein back the unhinged nominee by his family and close aides, as well as the exploration of last-minute alternatives to Trump by GOP leaders.

While Trump’s outrageous anti-Muslim rhetoric, irresponsible statements on NATO or attacks on Gold Star parents have not seemed to be enough for either his most ardent backers or the Republican Party’s top leaders to denounce the political neophyte’s run for the White House, his refusal to openly support the reelection campaigns of House Speaker Paul Ryan and Arizona Senator John McCain may have proved a bridge too far.

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