TFG has one big advantage over any other "main-stream challenger: He does not care if he burns it all down. He will just found a new "party" as his personal cash cow with one or two "loyal" donors. Given that perspective, he can say and do whatever he wants, knowing that he will draw 25-30% of the potential "R" voting base. Alone, that would not be enough to win, but enough to deny any "R" candidate the Oval Office, thus ending that person's political aspirations for the foreseeable future.

Perhaps that will convince what remains of the GOP that it was not wise to clutch an asp (I won't use the correct last letter for decorum reasons) to your breast, believing it to be a wonder-weapon.