I think Trump could extricate himself from this situation any time he wanted to. He is wealthy man, he doesn't need this abuse. Yet he isn't taking any action to end this charade.
I get the feeling that he is waiting to see if anyone has his back. If no one is willing to fight with him, why then is he wasting is time. Battling for whom?
For us. For Middle America. And if we don't have his back no one does.