Patriot-ism.
The marriage of convenience between him and the GOP establishment has already been broken irretrievably. Might as well formalize it. Then both sides can proceed to the dissolution stage, where they’ll divvy up property and resolve family issues. The GOP retains possession of the RNC, of course. Trump gets custody of QAnon. Seriously, though: This is an interesting move to pull at a moment when Senate Republicans are weighing whether to convict him and disqualify him from holding future office. If they suddenly have to worry about Trump leading a right-wing third-party effort to cannibalize GOP votes in 2024, how do you suppose that might affect their calculations about whether to bar him from running? President Trump has talked in recent days with associates about forming a new political party, according to people familiar with the matter, an effort to exert continued influence after he leaves the White House. Mr. Trump discussed the matter with several aides and other people close to him last week, the people said. The president said he would want to call the new party the “Patriot Party,” the people said… It’s unclear how serious Mr. Trump is about starting a new party, which would require a significant investment of time and resources. A new party led by Trump would be filled with grifters, conspiracy cranks, insurrectionists, and “performance art” conservatives. But we already have a party like that, so why do we need a new one? He’s not going to follow through on this — he simply can’t muster the sort of commitment to the effort that it would require — and I can’t understand why he’d even consider it.
