Panicked Republicans beg Trump to change his campaign style.

[kentuck]

Of course, they had no problem with it in the past.

But now, they are telling him that silly conspiracy theories and his name-calling and his lies are not working. He is going to lose. What's worse... they are going to go down with him.

Nikki Haley is the latest to ring the alarm bell. She has warned that he is going to lose if he doesn't change his ways.

But, he is not going to change his ways because he cannot change. If the name-calling and the nick-names and the personal attacks don't work, he is pretty much unarmed. His followers have always found it appealing in the past.

Donald Trump is in political quicksand. He is slowly sinking and soon will be up to his neck and all the rats will be jumping ship. Trump? Who 'dat?

[livetohike]

1. He'll have no one at his rallies if he changes. They

come for the freak show.

[central scrutinizer]

12. It's a two way street

He feeds on the slavish applause so he trots out his tired lounge act insults and dog whistles

[Sky Jewels]

21. I mean, who wouldn't want to hear about Hannibal Lecter, shark death vs. electrocution, and windmill cancer?

[Emile]

2. It's almost like he thinks he has it rigged where he can't lose.

[Girard442]

9. Well, ratfucking is on-brand for him.

Listening to constructive criticism -- not.

[Jarqui]

3. His campaign needs management. He's never been a good manager.

Don't take that the wrong way.

I've never seen a more wrong political entity in a major democracy in my life.
There's a lot more wrong than poor management.

All he can do is swashbuckle for short periods due to a terribly short attention span.
He can't seem to assimilate facts and retain them. So his decisions are likely to be weird - and yes, one more reason he should never be president.

He'll probably be in denial for a while longer and fiddle with stupid quick fixes

But lets not kid ourselves. These are ruthless people who will do anything to win.
They'll find some way to lash out.

[Happy Hoosier]

4. He CAN'T change his ways. This is him.

This has ALWAYS been him.

This is a FAFO moment for the GQP. Haley knows it, but decided to "fall in line" after he kicked her aside. She cashed in her integrity and now seems surprised that the same asshole she was criticizing is still (surprise, surprise) an ASSHOLE!

[NCDem47]

7. ZERO discipline and self-control. And frankly, no mental capacity to pivot to issues at this point.

Anyone thinking he is going to change this late in the game is DREAMING!!

[Happy Hoosier]

8. Yup. And the GQP decided to ride this horse.

Lindsey knew it, though it took longer to happen than he thought. He said (I'm sure we all remember) that if Trump is nominee, it will be a disaster for the party, and that they would deserve it. He was right. It just took longer to happen than he expected. Andin the meantime, he decided to become one of the biggest toadies in American political history. He will be remembered as an embarrassing footnote.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

15. So as the saying goes....

"Fuck you and the HORSE you rode in on!" applies to the MAGAt/GOP !

Well played Republicans. The albatross around your necks will transcend down ballot as well. Democrats running for office would be wise to stress that. Tie EVERY MAGAt Republican to CF#45 and PROJECT 2025. The TAKING AWAY of rights and freedoms does not play well at all.

[Sky Jewels]

22. Fuck him and the overloaded golf cart he rode in on.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

16. Yep, if he didn't change his ways after almost being turned into worm food,

then makes them think he'll change now?
Bottom line is that Been A Dick can't and won't change because he doesn't have the mental capacity to change, he truly believes that this is a winning ticket and is too fucking stupid to see that he's going down like the Hindenburg dirigible.

[2naSalit]

5. Whenever someone...

Points out that he needs to do something different, he gets mad and doubles down on whatever offensive behavior he's carrying on with.

He'll flame out shortly before the election and that will be just fine with me.

[underpants]

10. (pokes bear with stick)

You nailed it. He can’t be wrong. I’m wrong??? (aides hide in the corner - low man on the org chart in front to take the incoming ketchup bottles) oh yeah? WATCH THIS!!!

As I called it months ago, people are shocked at what he has become while they weren’t paying attention.

[2naSalit]

13. Yep...

He's spiraling ever faster as he nears the drain. I suspect it will all come to a head around or after mid October.

[Kid Berwyn]

6. Entitled Arrogance of Ownership doesn't translate well outside the club.

Perhaps GQP would appreciate more of the Management vs. Labor approach, at least in public before the little people?

[Midnight Writer]

11. Nikki spins like a weathervane in a windstorm.

Nikki is against Trump, Nikki goes to work for the Trump White House, Nikki runs against Trump, Nikki again endorses Trump, Nikki now "ringing the alarm" on dangerous Trump.

She's quite a piece of work.

[yardwork]

14. No personal ethics whatsoever. Same as the rest of them.

I've been a Democrat all my life and have never had much respect for the GOP, but they used to be better than this. They had a wrong-headed yet plausible point of view, that the free market was sacred and should be allowed to do its thing without too much government interference. It's wrong, but it wasn't... this.

This is tinpot dictatorship. And all the Republicans are running around playing musical chairs, wringing their hands but afraid to be left out. They're all very concerned but do nothing to stop it. Cowards.

[D23MIURG23]

18. She's an unpatriotic coward. n/t

[D23MIURG23]

17. This has been tried before. He's never stuck to the script for more than a couple days.

If they are lucky, they'll get him to act normal for the week before the election, when the hapless bozo contingent is making their decision.

If they get their "normal Trump" allowance now, it'll be wasted.

[LostOne4Ever]

19. If we use past campaigns to predict his behavior

He won’t change anything. He is a giant Narcissist who can’t get over himself or ever accept he could be wrong.

At best he changes for a week before going back to his old habits.

[BigDemVoter]

20. The truly beautiful thing is that **$$Y-Grabber is

categorically incapable of changing his behavior. This is simply who he is. This is the exact same person we have seen for the last 9 years. . . Instead of changing his behavior, he will only bear down and become worse which is excellent news for us! The American public, not just us here on DU, are becoming sick of the pig.

[Sky Jewels]

23. Trump as The Snake:

"Oh, shut up, silly woman
Said the reptile with a grin
You knew damn well I was a snake
Before you took me in."