That’s where Trump destroyed himself, he became affiliated. When he burst upon the scene his attitude towards politicians of every stripe was F’em all. He knew what they were and how much to trust them. Then he became a Republican and tailored all of his decisions based on how his Republican handlers convinced him it would play out politically. Can’t fire Sessions, Comey, Barr, Wray, Fauci, etc.,etc., etc. Can’t hire, can’t release, can’t affirm, can’t denounce. The republicans sold him a bill of goods from day one till the bitter end, “no new party, stay with us”. Trump had leverage, he just refused to use it. On 1/7 a denouncement of the election coup, the false flag capitol attack, Barr, McConnell and Roberts and a real threat of a 75 million strong new party would have changed the entire power structure within the party. Hell, it could have conceivably blown up both wings of the Uniparty. That is the only way DC republicanism would have ever changed. Now it’s all lost.
No offense, but any Freeper who thinks Trump could have been elected in 2016 as a third-party candidate is delusional.
P.S. — Trump does not have, and never did have, 75 million dedicated supporters. I suspect he’s got a solid base of 25-30 million supporters, and another 45-50 million Republicans who voted for him only because he ran as a Republican. If he ran as a third-party candidate for President tomorrow he’d get no more than 30 million votes and probably wouldn’t win a single state.