By all accounts, Donald Trump is supposed to win big in New York next week. One would think that he would be happy looking forward to a great victory. But he isn’t happy, instead he is whining about Ted Cruz stealing votes in Colorado and complaining that the entire Republican establishment is trying to block him. I wonder what, exactly, he is trying to accomplish here. His primary message, in addition to being generally pissed off about everything is that he is a winner and he wants American to win again. Somehow this whine act seems inconsistent with his image as the world’s best negotiator and the big winner. Winners don’t blame other people for losing. In some cases, his whining is simply idiotic. For example he is complaining because Ivanka and Eric Trump can’t vote for him in the Republican Primary in New York. The reason they can’t vote for him is: BECAUSE THEY AREN’T EVEN REGISTERED TO VOTE. Seriously? Someone needed to explain this to them?

But, the more important question is why now? I could understand this if he was plummeting in the polls, but the opposite is true. He is leading in New York, Pennsylvania and California. If he wins in all those states nothing else matters. Maybe he knows something we don’t know. Maybe he is seeing some scary poll numbers.   But, at least to me, once again it sure looks like Trump is deliberately sabotaging his own campaign. He is a lot of things, but dumb is not on the list and this is dumb. Perhaps I am reading this wrong, but just maybe Trump wants out, but he wants an excuse so he can say “I could have been a contender, but I was robbed.” Then he goes back to his old life. One thing is sure, the networks are covering the “Whine Festival” big time.

Incredibly, the way things are going this year; this may backfire and actually increase the chance of Trump getting the nomination. It would be the ultimate irony if it turns out that the most effective strategy for winning is trying to lose.

TDM