No one could.
And everyone here knows it.
Not some talkshow host. Not some pay by the word Op-Ed writer, not some favorite congressman that you THINK is a real badass, not some former military guy or some really nice person that cant take the political buzzsaw.
That is why for years we got Bushes, Dole, Romney, and Room-Temp McCain.
Trump exposed American conservatism as a bunch of people that like to be virtuous rather than win, who rather bask in past touchdowns than advance the ball one yard today, and he had to drag their sorry rears over the finish line.
That is the sad truth.
Am I right or not?
In other words, we have a choice: tyranny or civil war. Who is the best option to avoid either of those paths, or is disaster our inevitable destiny?