So Donald Trump is really running for president. Well not really – it’s more like a feeding frenzy to feed his over inflated ego. So what does it all mean? For Ted Cruz it is bad news, an even more talented, more outrageous and more charismatic bomb thrower is in the race. For the Republican party it’s such bad news I wonder if the Hillary Clinton campaign didn’t have something to do with it. What Donald Trump will do is suck all the media oxygen out of the Republican party. The other candidates will have to double down on clown car speak to even get face time on TV.
I actually watched Trump’s speech and at times had to wonder if it was actually written by someone at The Onion – yes it was that outrageous. But if there is one thing Donald Trump knows it’s that the modern tabloid media loves outrageous. The question for the other Republican candidates will be how to respond to Trump? Do you simply ignore his outrageous attacks on Mexicans and his personal attacks on the other candidates or do you fight back? The ignore option is probably the best but is not without dangers. What do you do if you are Roger Ailes and FOX News? Any attacks on Trump will risk alienating your knuckle dragging viewership but not questioning his views will make it even more likely that a Clinton will occupy the White House again in 2017.
Perhaps Trump will simply fade into the sunset before any real damage is done to the already damaged Republican brand but that’s a big perhaps.