Nikki Haley

Why did the attempt to reclaim the Republican Party from Trump fail so badly?

The more pertinent point is not how weak Trump is, but how strong

He struggles with college graduates, non-evangelical women and people who don’t think he won the 2020 election

The only plausible path to the nomination for her is Trump to drop dead or drop out because of his manifold criminal trials

Trump is Republican America now. He has been for some time

The oddity is that everybody who is loyal to Donald Trump knows more about him than they can ever admit

His campaign appears determined to wrap up the Republican race as soon as possible

The MAGA movement is strong here, as it is almost everywhere in America

Trumpworld loathes the former UN ambassador

The Republican primaries this year are not really a race, but a formality

The race for the Republican nomination refuses to warm up

Trump himself has said that he likes ‘the concept’ of choosing a female VP

The religious right has become less pious and more political. It has been Trumpified

Desperate to avoid a dull coronation, they are keen to boost her as someone who might enliven the primaries

The real victor was the candidate with a commanding lead who wasn’t on stage

Three-quarters of Americans say they’re ‘seriously concerned’ about his mental and physical competence to do the job

The thought that one-offs are semi-regular is what gives those languishing at the bottom of the polls some hope

The campaign of lawfare against him has already started to backfire