It must pain Donald Trump, deep down in his showman’s soul, to have had his convention taken away from him. You can only imagine what brazen gimmicks, what WWE stagecraft, Trump would have rolled out for a convention taking place in normal times. But even if he loses, his power over the Republican Party will probably ebb only slowly, if at all. It may go underground for a time, if there is a temporary restoration of Republican politics as usual under a Joe Biden presidency. Any future Republican who seeks or occupies the presidency will have learned something from the years of Donald Trump.

Source: New York Times August 22, 2020 18:22 UTC