Trump says he won't sign loyalty pledge required for first GOP debate
The pledge includes a clause saying that the candidate will support the eventual GOP nominee.
The pledge includes a clause saying that the candidate will support the eventual GOP nominee.
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Trump is loyal to no one but himself. Even if he did sign it he would never honor it.
Honestly they should all refuse to sign it because the bastards should not agree to support the traitor Trump if he wins the nomination.
Trump believes he is going to lose the nomination. If he thought he was going to be the nominee, there wouldn't be a problem signing the loyalty pledge. He believes the 3 or 4 other candidates he despises have a better chance at winning the nomination than he does.
My point is none of the other candidates should have agreed to sign it. It confirms they'll support someone who tried to overthrow the government before they'll vote Democrat.
And I'm not sure you're right re: Trump's motives. He wouldn't agree to support the other candidates in 2016 either, and this time around I wouldn't be surprised if he ran independent if he doesn't get the nomination.
Trump's motive is always narcissism. I don't give a rat's ass about his motives. I'm just amused at his belief. He has stated his concern that he could lose the nomination to someone he can't support, and used the likelihood of his loss as his argument that he shouldn't sign the pledge.
He didn't think he was going to win in 2016. He lost in 2020. And he doesn't think he's going to win in 2024.
Yup! 100%
That's what I don't understand. Why doesn't he sign it knowing full well he can just ignore that pledge once it becomes convenient to do so. Figured he would have learned that by now from his marriages.
I mean Trump is a pathological liar but he's also got an ego the size of Texas. Signing the pledge would be, if only symbolically, ceding his free agency. He'd probably say something like:
What's there to sign? I am the nominee. The rest of these knuckle heads just have a hard time admitting it. And frankly speaking I am the GOP when you think about it. The fact the RNC is too scared to put their money on me from the get go is a sign of weakness and this is why we're having a hard time winning elections.