Donald Trump is running for president against a Republican Establishment that wants nothing to do with him. But Trump doubters may want to familiarize themselves with the contours of the 2016 primary that he won. RossBarkan writes
, a white nationalist and Holocaust denier, and refused to disavow him. Fuentes had arrived with Kanye West, the rapper who now goes by Ye, and West does little these days but make furious anti-Semitic remarks.
Trump’s hope, then, is that the field of his rivals grows. Several Trump-skeptical Republicans are already mulling bids, including Mike Pence, his former vice-president. Nikki Haley, whom Trump appointed to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, hastoward her anti-Trump roots, and could launch a bid. Glenn Youngkin, the Republican governor of Virginia, who exists very much in the DeSantis mold, may run. Others could enter the fray if they believe Trump is vulnerable enough.
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