This would have to be a voluntary and mutual pact, of course. On the Republican side, the calculation is easy. Republicans running for Senate are gasping and thrashing like hooked fish, knowing that they are doomed if they endorse Trump and doomed if they do not. The party last week tumbled to its lowest standing since Bloomberg began polling in 2009, Bloomberg Politics reported.
Persuading Trump to acknowledge what, deep down, he may know to be true might be trickier.
A financial inducement might help. Because the candidate will not release his tax returns or other relevant documents, we don’t know to what extent his candidacy may have been motivated by business troubles — by a desire to run up the value of his brand. But surely there is room for creativity in designing some long-term contracts between the Republican Party and Trump Hotels, Trump Steaks and Trump Vodka.
Some ceding of captives also could be arranged. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who already allowed himself to be taken hostage, could be handed over permanently to serve as Trump’s consiglieri. The GOP could toss into the deal its chairman, Reince “Winning is the antidote to lots of things” Priebus, one of Trump’s earliest and most enthusiastic enablers. Priebus might suit as butler at Mar-a-Lago, to replace the longtime manservant who inconveniently posted vile threats against President Obama on his Facebook page.
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