Trump becomes the swamp by trying to drown GOP competition

The Trump campaign and its robotic minions are energetically rigging the deck against any serious Republican primary challenge in 2020. These moves show evidence of a wannabe political strongman who fears he may not really be so strong within his party.

The first action, entirely unprecedented and also unwise for the long-term health of the Republican Party, is a new political-organization plan that will merge the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee into a single entity. The second one, not yet a final decision, involves the South Carolina Republican Party deciding to scrap its influential presidential primary in what this publication has described as “a move to protect President Trump from any primary challengers.”