Jonathan Last lays out what the conditions would have to be like for the Republican party to begin rejecting Trumpism:
- A sizable midterm loss.
- Presidential approval below 40 percent and heading lower.
- No potential heir to Trump from inside the administration.
- A president willing to take his hands off the wheel and allow the party to abandon him.
He concludes: “Laid out like that, you can understand why this scenario is so implausible.”


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