The Trump Dilemma
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The Trump Dilemma
Many establishment Republican politicians have been about as comfortable with Donald Trump as their party’s nominee as Shaquille O'Neal would be riding around in a Smart car with sharp rocks sown into its seats. Long ago they figured out that Trump is not the true conservative. He opposes the National Chamber of Commerce’s preference for continuing to allow cheap labor to flow across the Mexican border. He attacks major financial institutions and is trying to run to the left of Hillary Clinton on trade agreements. Perhaps more importantly he is undermining Republican Party’s national persona which they worked so hard to establish.
The Republicans have long been the party that wraps itself in the American flag with its unwavering support of the armed forces. Trump has instead called our military a “disaster”, criticized a war hero for allowing himself to be captured and gotten into a protracted and very public fight with a Gold Star family. Perhaps even more troubling for GOP establishment politicians is Trump’s propensity to spout out whatever bubbles up to the top of his narcissistic, egotistical brain. Whether it is ignorance of world affairs, admiration of dictators, or attacks on whoever enters his crosshairs, they literally have no clue as to what is going to pop out of his mouth next.
The Trump Dilemma
Trump is the personification of their worst nightmare come to life. For years Republican leaders have used their base of social conservative voters to sustain their political ambitions as they catered to the fat cats who are their real masters while paying lip service to social issues important to their rank and file.
Lately as they have become keenly aware that the country’s changing demographics will make it harder and harder to win the White House every four years, the Republican hierarchy has ratcheted back on their rhetoric on issues which was driving away Hispanics, blacks and single women and they even begin outreaches to these rapidly growing demographic segments. Perhaps all of this was the final straw, but for whatever reason, the Republican base rebelled against the party elders and chose as their unlikely leader the one candidate who spoke to innermost concerns and prejudices.
With Trump leading the populist rebellion, establishment Republican leaders are left with the horns of a dilemma, should they fully heartedly throw their support behind the Republican nominee as is the norm or should they try to put down the rebellion in their party by opposing Trump and all he stands for. Neither choice is particularly appealing; both could lead to political disaster for the Republican Party.
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The Trump Dilemma
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Error corrected. Never have been a good speller. 
what I do when I'm not sure is use spellcheck or just google the word.
Thanks again for the kind words.
