Bush and George W. Bush - met virtually on Feb. 5 to discuss forming a third party or a new center-right faction. The resistance to a third party among some of Trump’s toughest Republican critics underscores the extreme difficulty of such a political revolt. And Trump has effectively undercut his more moderate opponents among Republican voters, he said, by ridiculing them as “Never Trumpers” and “RINOs” (Republicans in Name Only). Others argue it would be much harder to wrest power over the Republican Party from Trump. He told Reuters on Thursday that he sees the Republican Party as now thoroughly in thrall to Trump - and beyond repair.

Source: Irish Independent February 12, 2021 08:15 UTC