Any of you who think Trump will be nominated have lost yo dang minds
EARTH TO TOXICMEDIA: He's already got it >>
Trump doesn't have any intention to run as a 3rd party candidate. He knows what the consequence of that would be. He simply, because of his wealth, has the capability to negotiate (this is what businessmen do) for the nomination, using the 3rd party possibility as leverage, to add weight to the Republicans' choice of him as the Republican nominee.
I said a while back that
Trump has already secured the nomination. That's because with the 3rd party possibility looming, they have to choose him. They can't choose another candidate, with a Hillary Clinton victory hanging in the balance. As a former business owner myself, I know this well. This is the "art of the deal."
And this is exactly the kind of negotiating insight and ability that would put the Chinese, the Russians, the Iranians, the Mexicans, and every other enemy of America, walking on shaky ground when dealing with the US (instead of toying with us as they do now).
Trump has risen to the top of the toughest real estate industry in the world, in New York City. I was born and raised there at the same time as Trump. I know the people he has fought it out with. They would make great white sharks look passive. He has been in with the toughest of the tough, and come out on top. That is what we're seeing right now. We're not used to seeing it (but I am).
If the Iranians, Mexicans, and Chinese might be getting a little worried at this point, I wouldn't blame them. January 2017 isn't really all that far off.