not if right wing donors ( and this includes people paying those half-million dollar speaking fees ) want to normalize the crazy side of conversation. [ an independent candidate works just as well: better, even, since they can stick around till the end. ]
there’s two aspects to it: tossing in crazy ideas to see what floats ( a kind of natural selection of right-wing ideology ), and when that fails: allowing the gop candidate to appear moderate by refuting the too extreme positions.
it wouldn’t work as well if there was good campaign finance regulation, but as it is: if you have access to billions, millions are… trump change.
