A writer by the pseudonym of Run Mitt Run has written an appeal to Donald Trump to withdraw from the race—for his own good. Here’s an excerpt:
Maybe you feel trapped, Mr. Trump, but you’re not. As your business career has shown, sometimes when things seem most dire, you can turn them around — if, that is, you renegotiate. You might have been crushed by the financial pressures of the early 90s, but, instead, you renegotiated and came out on top. Now might be the time to have a political renegotiation. If you’re going to run and lose, you’re better off withdrawing now and throwing your support to whomever the RNC picks as your replacement. There are a yuge number of reasons why it’s to your advantage to do so, but here are some of them: Withdrawing will preserve the Trump business brand. If you stay in the race, more and more of these tapes and accusations are going to come out. The media will toss more and more mud at you. You’re right: You’ve built a multi-billion-dollar brand. That’s a real accomplishment. But, if you become toxic, so does the Trump brand, and that has implications for you and your family. If you withdraw, you could always present the argument that you could have won. Once you’ve lost, you’ve lost.
Read the whole thing here.
