Last's argument was, essentially, that Trump -- or at least his radical approach to political combat -- wouldn't disappear once the President was, well, not the president anymore. "There is no reason to think—none at all—that he will discontinue his penchant for weighing in on American politics on an hourly basis. There is every reason to think that he will vigorously attack any Republican who was disloyal to him during his administration. "What this means is that there is no way for a Trump-skeptical Republican to simply wait out the Trump years. There will be no "life after Trump" because Trump is going to be the head boss of Republican politics for the rest of his days."

Source: CNN July 15, 2020 19:18 UTC