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TFG had advisors who fed him lines of BS? Remember, he chose his advisors. When they stopped saying what he wanted to hear, he sacked them and appointed new ones, with accelerating frequency as his term came to a close. He seemed to have a talent for picking a rogue's gallery of "advisors", several of whom have already been convicted and served time for one form of white collar crime or another. And, now he has the RNC in his pocket as well. But, the closer and closer he flies to the flame, the more other Republicans will slowly succumb to the fear that being associated with him will destroy their chances with more moderate and orthodox party voters and independents. We still have nearly 3 years to the 2024 election, plenty of time for him to continue spouting increasingly outrageous lies and self incriminating statements, even IF the DOJ can't summon the courage to indict and prosecute him. The only court he cares about is the one with 160 million members in the jury box. It's worth remembering that he DID capture a personal record number of voters in 2020 and still lost by 5 million+ AND the electoral college. There just won't be enough voters in his base willing to stick with him in spite of himself to carry an election. He may wreak havoc in the primary, but the Republican orthodoxy (do they even exist anymore?) will have to make the brutal choice to perish in flames with him, or summon the courage to put him out to pasture and choose new champions. I haven't seen much evidence of courage in the current generation of elected national Republican leaders, so I wouldn't lay odds on their behaving as king-makers for anyone "new" in 2024. One simply can't speak from a position of strength while attempting to split the baby, to stand straight upright on the fractured ground of a huge pile of lies.