Do YOU and the ESTABLISHMENT not realize that if you screw Trump out of the nomination once he has the numbers or is the closest to the numbers that he will simply run independent and the GOP STILL LOSES!? Is it that hard to comprehend? Cutting off your face to spite your nose..I mean personally you screw Trump I will still vote for him and I will sit back and watch the GOP establishment whine and ***** and moan for 4 years of Hillary Clinton running the country into the ground.
1. If he has the delegates then he should be the nominee.
2. If he fails to get the delegates to win it straight-up then no being close does not count and should not just be handed the nomination. He will have to brokered with Kasich to get the nomination and Kasich will be his VP.
3. The GOP could let him have the nomination while back Johnson on the Libertarian ticket. Trump does not need the GOP money to make the run and the media give him all the publicity he need, so the money the GOP was going to waste on someone like Kasich could be used to back Johnson and try to make it look like the Libertarian candidate stole the election from Trump instead.
Closing comment:
No matter what happen the GOP is splintered and until the next Reagan come along it will be a major split. The establishment is not going to let the Tea Party Caucus nor the Trump supporters tell them how the political party will be ran and a purge might happen.
Also if Trump run third party after failing to obtain the correct amount of delegates to win the primary run straight-up then he is the one that is wrong. You need to win straight-up to make the argument you were wronged, and if you can win straight-up, well then you do not deserve the nomination unless you brokered it which is almost impossible for Trump seeing he has pissed too many people in the GOP off...
Good luck in getting Trump nominated...