Clearly things have gone off the rails when a presidential nominee needs an intervention. Apparently, “key Republicans close to Donald Trump’s orbit” think that the window for a general-election “pivot” is closing. NBC reported on Wednesday that Newt Gingrich, Reince Priebus, and Rudy Giuliani were plotting to stage an intervention for Trump. They would, I suppose, sit in a circle around the beleaguered candidate and confront him with the harsh realities of general-election politics while Trump breaks into a cold sweat and eyes the door.Except, of course, that’s not what an intervention is for. And plunking the word “intervention” into …read more
Source: The Atlantic
