Is Trump nothing but a stooge for the Clintons and the establishment, being setup to lose to Hillary by a landslide?

Wow, you did something very few YA questioners do! You spelled 'lose' correctly! Most people seem to think it has two o's.

I don't believe Trump is just in the race to insure Hillary will win. The Republicans wouldn't just sit by and let that happen. Even if Hillary will be about the same president GW Bush was, the Repubs want to be in charge, in power. They'd never sit still for a Hillary 'conspiracy'.

But you know, Trump is SUCH a crazy candidate, it does make me wonder if something is going on. There were five or six candidate the RNC liked better than Trump, so how did he take the early lead and hold it for more than a year? Are Republican voters really THAT unhappy with their leadership? It's hard to believe.

That is a good point . I have never seen anything like it before. Trump seems to be in complete charge of the GOP establishment. He couldn't have got there without some help from someone. However, I don't think the Clintons are behind it.

Many people believe that Trump's popularity is because the people want rid of the tea party and do nothing congress. They want rid of the conservatives and elect a more moderate republican party. Sometimes, it is easier to tear down a dysfunctional, dilapidated house and rebuild a more modern structure.

Trump is a stooge alright and he will lose to Hillary by a landslide, but don't blame the Clintons for a dysfunctional GOP.

If you follow Trump...who was not maligned until he ran for president,

he said long ago ...he's been ASKED ...why not? for over 25 YEARS,

and he said...in around ..1980!...No. Then, 1995 around...

rather VOTE for a candidate who cared for America..not run.

Then he was pushed...Under what conditions WOULD you run...

in 2004..around, and he said, IF NO ONE ..ELSE...would,

I might since it is so bad.

Trump loves America. Stop bashing emotionally.

Study, you'd see.

But he's being used as a FOIL to GUARANTEE Clinton gets in,

no matter WHAT she did.

Simple contrast.

Trump doesn't need it, is a financial genius, not as much maybe as

Bill Gates of course. Clinton has a deep need for power.

Unless she...changes.

I have believed from the begining that Trump is a friend of the Clinton's........and he's helping her win, by making the GOP candidates look pathetic, that none of them can beat him.

And he did an excellent job of that.

Now he will need a plausible reason to drop out......and throw the GOP into total chaos.

I said that months ago. But don't tell the conned-servatives. They wouldn't believe their own stupidity anyway.

If not, its sure shaping up to be.