Therefore, Trump Has Not Yet Destabilized the Party. However, He Continues to Be a Ticking Time Bomb. With Every New Election Cycle Comes Another Opportunity for Him to Blow Up, Perhaps Bringing Desanctimonious and the Rest of the Republican Party Along With Him

HNewsWire: At a gathering when he was meant to be supporting Republican candidates, Trump instead opted to attack one of his primary competitors inside the GOP. The rally was intended to be in favor of Republican candidates. Now we are aware of his true feelings about his own political party.

The appellation "Ron DeSanctimonious" has been given to Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida by Donald Trump.

According to recent polls, the Republican party is performing rather well in the run-up to the midterm elections. It is in a competitive position in the Senate and is in a position to seize control of the House. It is common for the party of the current president to perform poorly in midterm elections, so the optimism of the Republican Party is understandable.

However, despite some strong poll numbers, there is cause for Republicans to be concerned about the election. The appearance of things being more or less normal during the midterm elections has, for the time being, helped to hide the growing divides within the party as well as the developing internal disarray.

Donald Trump is responsible for the current state of anarchy, and his unwillingness to leave office in the customary way followed by previous presidents has put the Republican Party on track for a potentially disastrous presidential race in 2024. When the midterm elections are complete, the Republicans will have no choice but to confront the issues that have been plaguing their party for some time, and it is not going to be a beautiful sight.

Even though the election hasn't happened yet, the first rumblings have started. This past weekend was supposed to serve as the final major push for both parties before the midterm elections. Actors in the party are expected to have a cohesive front, be upbeat, and show enthusiasm.

However, Trump was not aware of this development. As is his custom, President Trump was caught bragging about himself during a rally that was ostensibly held in Pennsylvania on Saturday to support a candidate for the Senate seat held by Mehmet Oz. He went over some figures and said they represented the polling support for several contenders in the 2024 presidential primary. He read them out loud. "There you have it, Trump at the age of 71. He proclaimed that Ron De-Sanctimonious was at 10 percent.

The name "Ron De-Sanctimonious" was a reference to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is competing for re-election against the Democrat Charlie Crist in Florida. As is evident, DeSantis is also considering a bid for the presidency in 2024, and Trump is likely to be one of his major opponents at that time.

Trump despises being questioned in any way, shape, or form by anyone. As a result, rather than supporting the candidates of his own party, he chose to make fun of and attack a Republican governor who was running for re-election.

The campaign for governor between Ron DeSantis and Charlie Crist is not particularly close, according to the poll aggregator on FiveThirtyEight, which puts DeSantis ahead of Crist by more than 10.5 points. Even though there is a pretty significant margin of error in the polling, it seems likely that he will win the seat. However, this does not imply that he is pleased that the de facto head of his party insulted him three days before the election, despite the fact that he has not yet responded publicly to the attack.

The reaction of some other conservatives was almost comedic in its horror. Will Chamberlain, a conservative lawyer and co-publisher of the website Human Events, made the bold prediction that DeSantis will enter the race for president of the United States and would defeat incumbent President Trump. Meanwhile, Matt Walsh, a columnist for the Daily Wire and one of the most self-righteous people in contemporary American politics, referred to the moniker as "stupid." He moaned, "We're all meant to be exhibiting an unified front," which is what the phrase literally means.

It is reasonable for Walsh to be anxious. On Twitter, professor of international relations Nicholas Grossman pointed out that conservative journalists and politicians have devoted a significant amount of time and effort to convince themselves and their followers that Donald Trump is a typical and trustworthy member of the Republican Party. Even to a certain extent, they have managed to persuade themselves that Trump is concerned with the success of conservative aims and the success of the conservative party.

But he doesn't. Trump is just concerned with himself and his own interests. As long as the Republican Party continues to back Trump, he will be content to have them kiss his boots. However, if they try to make someone else the focal point of the party, he is quite content to take that opportunity to ruin them. In addition to this, he has consistently prioritized his personal interests over those of the Republican Party.

After the election in 2020, Trump refused to acknowledge that he had been defeated. While he was gearing up to stage the attempted coup on January 6, he demanded that the party and all of its members sign into various conspiracy theories and election-denying rubbish.

The internal order of the party was thrown into disarray as a result of Trump's demands for personal allegiance and his attacks on local GOP officials who opposed him. Particularly, by keeping the spotlight on himself, he made it impossible for the two Republican contenders for the Senate seat in Georgia's run-off election to organize support for their campaigns and pay attention to their races. Both races were won by Democrats, giving them control of the Senate.

A contentious primary for the Republican nomination in 2024 may be much more devastating. The denial among GOP lawmakers that Trump will run in the 2020 election has become the norm, and they do not believe it is necessary to accept defeat. There is a high risk that an internal competition within the GOP would devolve into allegations and counter-allegations of voter fraud, with both sides unwilling to yield. Additionally, threats of physical violence, even those directed at fellow Republicans, have become commonplace inside the Republican Party.

It is now very evident, as a result of Trump's attack on DeSantis, that he is prepared to resort to nuclear warfare against any primary opponent or anyone who backs a primary opponent. In point of fact, he has a well-deserved reputation for harboring grudges. If a Senate candidate were to come out early on in support of DeSantis, it is not difficult to envision Trump running against that person in 2024, even if it meant that a Democrat would win the seat. The former president has already demonstrated that he does not care about a majority for the Republican Party.

This does not necessarily indicate that the Republicans will lose the election in 2024. They have, up to this point, been successful in finding a way to placate Trump without risking an electoral disaster. In this election season, for instance, they have nominated low-quality candidates for the Senate who have Trump's approval, such as Herschel Walker in Georgia and JD Vance in Ohio, yet they still have a chance of winning the Senate seat. Partisanship, the institutional advantages held by Republicans, and voting suppression are all factors that can help the party overcome a great deal of split.

Therefore, Trump has not yet destabilized the party. However, he continues to be a ticking time bomb. Every each election cycle presents him with a fresh opportunity to blow up, perhaps bringing DeSanctimonious and the rest of the Republican party down with him. No matter what happens on Tuesday with the Republican Party, this won't change.