Jerry Kremer

Trump. Will. Not. Be. President.

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I absolutely regret having to write another column about Donald Trump. But after reviewing the latest utterings by the candidate, I am compelled to offer at least one more analysis of where Trump is going and how long it will take him to self-destruct.

Despite the rumblings from the 16 other would-be candidates for president, Trump is going to be around for the forseeable future, and he will continue to be a headache — and a heartache — for the Republican Party. In fact, there is at least a long-shot possibility that he will be the Republican candidate for president next November.

There are a few genuinely interesting candidates in the Republican crowd. Ohio Gov. John Kasich will continue to rise in the polls, as will a handful of others, but for the next six to nine months, Trump may dominate the news. For now he has taken all the oxygen out of the race and is the darling of the media, which desperately want to have someone stirring the political pot.

During the dog days of August, there isn’t a whole lot of interest in politics. All the normal people are on vacation somewhere, sitting on some lovely beach, touring Italy or taking their kids back to college. A lot of us are focused on making a living and surviving the heat, so politics isn’t anywhere on our radar. However, there are people out there who are obsessed with politics, and they are the dominant force in the polls.

For now, a very small group of Americans are controlling the political news, and their views explain Trump’s rise in stature. There is no doubt that a vast majority of those who love him are decent people. But they also include a small percentage of the American populace who are anti-woman, anti-immigrant and just about anti-everything.

Americans generally are fed up with the political system. The gap between the 1 percent and the rest of society continues to grow. The little guy feels alienated and detached from the current business boom. Jobs are disappearing, not because of China or Mexico, but because technology is taking away the day-to-day jobs that were once the bread and butter of this country. The disaffected aren’t just Republicans or Democrats, but people of all political stripes.

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