Now it’s clear why trump was so quiet after Election Day. He was not only stunned, but also embarrassed before going into disbelief mode. His whole infrastructure fell apart overnight and the players involved have been reassessing their next moves.
No doubt the major donors were the first to turn their backs on him decisively.
Right wing media had to stay behind him as he’s guaranteed to give them more clicks and play well into their fear mongering bait scheme. We will never see a hard pivot from them. If trump goes off on his own they will play both his angle and the GOP’s.
The GOP will have a hard time maneuvering this next year or two. The many many Republicans who literally ran and won because they praise trump have to stay the course. They cannot afford to do a 180. That’s the price they paid for getting into office. Some of the household names in deep red states will be able to pivot as they wish, like Turkey neck and Graham. They can easily get away with victimizing trump and themselves “for just wanting a better country”. The GOP is just praying that trump can stay in line and not do anything too damaging. Hell I’m sure they would be more than happy if he got thrown in jail as it would free them from his grip. They are doing their best to appease his emotions right now until the dust really settles. When the prosecutors start to go after trump the GOP is going to ride the sympathy train and claim to the base that the radical left not only cheated in this election but also took away the one good leader.
If the GOP can hold it together and divorce themselves slowly from trump they will win the House in 2022 and have a great shot to be in full control again in 2024. It if they break apart and trump offers a new alternative for voters it’s sayonara GOP for a couple of decades.
As for the base, LOL, well you’ve all seen how low they keep stooping. They will follow trump to the very end of wherever he wants to take them. They have simply invested too much money, time and energy to let him go this easily. The scapegoats this man offers for their shortcomings is like crack, they simply can’t get enough. They are irretrievably lost.