Even Donald Trump’s biggest allies now think he’s toast
Over the past few days former Trump allies Nikki Haley, Bill Barr, Tim Scott, Mike Pompeo, Mick Mulvaney, and Alan Dershowitz have all publicly turned against Trump. They don’t deserve any credit for being this late to the game. But that’s not the point.
These Trump allies all pretty much knew that Trump was guilty. But when this indictment came down, it revealed just how thoroughly nailed he is. And subsequent polling says that 80% of Americans now think Trump is a national security threat. Eighty percent!
So of course more of Trump’s allies are now publicly turning against him. They see that he’s going down in the criminal justice system anyway. And they see that four out of five Americans now want him to go down, suggesting he’ll cease being viable in politics even before the prison cell door slams on him.
As I’ve said before, each Republican politician has their own constituency, and therefore has their own calculation on when to finally come out against Trump on his way down. For House Republicans in far right districts, it may never happen. But for House Republicans in moderate swing districts, who are facing a difficult path to reelection in 2024, it’ll happen sooner.
And Trump’s Republican allies who are trying to retain relative credibility on the national stage are already calculating that it’s time to selfishly throw him under the bus. They wouldn’t be doing this already unless they’re certain that he’s a goner. It’s a surefire sign that they all now think he’s toast.
