President Trump gestures while speaking at a rally at the Phoenix Convention Center on Tuesday. (Alex Brandon/AP)After attacking pretty much everybody else, President Trump is now battling his own party. What if he simply ditched the Republican Party, either officially or in spirit? “The conservatives — ideological ones, especially those within the Christian conservative movement — would fall in line behind the GOP,” said the national GOP operative. In addition, a poll released Thursday showed 53 percent of GOP voters in Republican districts said their members hadn't been supportive enough of Trump.

Source: Washington Post August 27, 2017 14:48 UTC