Charlie Black: Trump ‘Running as a More Likable Pat Buchanan’

‘What Donald Trump is doing right now is running as a more likeable Pat Buchanan, with a protectionist, nativist platform that will not sell to a majority of Republicans’

TODD: “This is Donald Trump's worse nightmare. You guys are who he's running against.”
CASTELLANOS: “The establishment.”
TODD: “The establishment of the establishment. Charlie Black, you heard those voices in the crowd, because that's what we've all been trying to get a handle on, who are these people that are gravitating toward Trump. You just heard those voices, what does it tell you?”
BLACK: “Well, there's a lot of frustration and anger in the country about the federal government. And about politicians in both parties. And Donald has become a vehicle for that kind of frustration. So I do, based on your theme, believe that he's here to stay for a while, maybe through a few primaries. But he is not going to be the nominee. I mean, what Donald Trump is doing right now is running as a more likeable Pat Buchanan, with a protectionist, nativist platform that will not sell to a majority of Republicans. There's a smaller group in the party that will support that. When the field narrows, he won't go very far.”

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