Drop out! If, as you say, the election is rigged against you by the press, Democrats, international bankers, Carlos Slim, global elites and even Saturday Night Live, why continue your campaign?
If the “fix” is in, you have no chance. Why suffer through a humiliating defeat next month? Why keep asking supporters for money? Why waste all that dough on a quixotic quest?
Think of your brand! It has taken a serious hit during your run for the presidency. Bookings at your hotels are down. Your casinos, stores, products and golf courses are all hurting.
Depending on the level of the fix, a Clinton landslide is a very real possibility.
For your sake and that of your family, there is still time to bow out.
Yes, your party would devolve into complete chaos but since when did you care about those cowardly Republican politicians anyway? They’ll figure something out. But the point is that you, Donald J. Trump, will not forever be known as a loser.
You might even rehabilitate your brand by telling us what we’ve suspected from the start… the whole thing was a ploy, a con, to promote your beloved brand. You can confess that you are as shocked as anyone that your “movement” developed the legs that it did.
A Hillary endorsement may make sense.
Yes, your diehard supporters would be up in arms (perhaps literally!) but they are not the ones that buy your products or stay at your hotels. Think of the legacy you wish to leave your children … a brand that is once again synonymous with luxury, class and refinement.
No doubt it will take time for your brand to bounce back. But it will happen. As you like to say, “At this point what do you have to lose?”
When you get around to having someone ghostwrite your book about this incredible ride you’ve been on, it will no doubt be a blockbuster!
If you get out while you can, and not give those forces against you the satisfaction of wallowing in your defeat, history may actually be kind to you.
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Harriet Schwab says
Excellent advice John. But I don”t think anything can rehabilitate Trump’s brand.
John DeProspo says
Thanks. And you’re probably right!