[Engraved-on-His-hands]

Trump may be a shoo-in for the Republican nomination, but I don’t believe that he can win the general election. It would have been better if Trump had not chosen to run again, but his ego would not permit it. And his inability to win the general isn’t because he is a hardline conservative. He is a populist, not a conservative. So we have the worst of both worlds: A conservative doesn’t get the nomination, and a Democrat wins the Presidency.

It is going to be a rough next few years.

[cymbeline]

“It is going to be a rough next few years.”

I think that come election time, if voters think the Democrats have made their personal lives worse then they’ll vote Republican.

[MachIV]

I generally agree but due to demographic shifts no Republican of any stripe is likely to ever win again.

[mass55th]

"It would have been better if Trump had not chosen to run again, but his ego would not permit it."

You wanted him to put his tail between his legs, and slouch off as if the past 8 years never happened? That's what the fascists who have been attacking him all these years want him to do. You can be a chump if you want too, but Trump sure as hell isn't one.

[central_va]

He is a populist, not a conservative.

Tell us, which part of the Trump years 2017-2021 were not conservative?

Let's see, was it:

• Secure border.
• Wall construction
• Tariff on imported goods
• Repatriation of industry
• VERY low unemployment
• Energy dominance
• Low inflation

That is just a start. So what is the non-conservative part?