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When Donald Trump was preparing to announce his third run for office, he likely assumed the announcement would spark the beginning of a two-year period in which he would be fted the world over. Everywhere he went, people would spontaneously break into song and dance, thanking their favorite president for stepping up to rescue the country. In towns and villages throughout the United States, parades would be thrown daily in his honor, and not the kind featuring balloons depicting him as a giant, angry baby. No, these would be extremely flattering ones, giving him six-pack abs and hair that doesnt look like it could blow away in the wind. Hed call into Fox News and theyd tell the audience, We are in the presence of greatness!The Republican Party would introduce legislation abolishing the presidential primary, and just give him the nomination. And maybe theyd throw in an addendum that, once he won the general, theyd get rid of the entire electoral process.

Of course, in reality, things didnt entirely pan out that way. Almost no one in the GOP has come out to support his bid, despite his threats to punish Republicans who dont endorse him ASAP. Rupert Murdochs media empire has spent considerable time and effort telling people hes a loser. A Yahoo News/YouGov pollreleased Thursday had Florida governor Ron DeSantis beating him in 2024 by five points. Instead of 24/7 parades, he was hit this week with a guilty conviction for his family business, which a jury said committed 17 different crimes. His own daughter, the one he really likes, wouldnt even show up to his big announcement and has made it clear she wants nothing to do with his future political endeavors.

And while no one would ever accuse Donald Trump of accurately reading a room or having even the slightest grasp on reality, theres at least one indication he seems to have an inkling of an idea that his candidacy has not been as well-received as hed hoped: the fact that he reportedly has barely left the house in nearly a month.

Yes, The Washington Post reports that since kicking off his third White House bid three weeks ago, Donald Trump has barely left his private South Florida clubexcept to play golf at his course across Lake Worth Lagoon, a situation that underscores his current pariah status within the GOP.

Per The Post:

Trumps seclusion within the ornate walls of his club and a series of controversiesfrom the dinner with antisemites Ye and Nick Fuentes to a social media postsuggesting the termination of the Constitutionhave left him increasingly isolated within his party as he tries to mount a political comeback. [Herschel] Walkers loss in a Tuesday runoffelectionbecame the latest blow, prompting more Republicans to join the chorus faulting him for dragging down the partys performance in this yearsmidterms. The former president presents our biggest risk of losing for 2024, and conservatives are tired of losing, said Bob Vander Plaats, head of the Family Leader, an Iowa-based social conservative group. Even the former presidents announcement is being greeted like it never happened. Theres no buzz amongst my network at all.

The criticism of Trump for hurting Republicans at the ballot box is showing no sign of abating, and grew even louder after [the Georgia loss on] Tuesday. Its a formula that doesnt work, said Brian Robinson, a GOP operative in Georgia, explaining that the partys candidates needed to reach voters outside the Trump base. I dont think moving forward youre going to have another primary season where the litmus test is vowing to talk about the 2020 election.

For its part, Team Trump insists that the fact that the ex-president has basically become a shut-in at Mar-a-Lago is nothing to read into, with The Post reporting that they never planned to follow up his announcement with a bunch of rallies or public events. Were still two years out, the official told the outlet. Therell be a time to do events and a time to do rallies.

And of course, no one should assume that the GOP currently giving Trump the cold shoulder actually means anything when it comes to 2024. While its true that few if any people are enthused about his candidacy, thats more or less what happened when he announced his first run in 2015before they all got on board. Still, theres no harm in hoping his Howard Hughes era becomes permanent!

On the other hand, Mitt Romney would like to go on the record that hed sooner vote for Seamus the roof-shitting Irish setter for president than Trump

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