The Financial Times commented on the future of Republicans with former US President Donald Trump that the party needs to know not only who it should represent, but who the party represents.
And the newspaper said in its editorial on Friday that wishes are the only strategy in the Republican Party among those who hate seeing Trump dominate another election cycle, and if they want to forge a post-Trump future, they must do more than just hope for the departure of the former president.
Nevertheless, the newspaper believes that the best for the party - despite the meager hope according to its description - is to rally around one competitor, noting that the 45th president, Trump, still has a strong lead in opinion polls over other potential candidates, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who portrays Sometimes seen as the party's great hope, former ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, who is expected to announce her candidacy this month.
Former US President Donald Trump speaks during his campaign for the upcoming elections (Reuters)
The newspaper considered the inability of the Republicans to rally around one competitor to Trump as a gift to the Democrats, who would prefer to confront him more than anyone else in the 2024 elections, with his “toxic” record and his many legal problems.
The Financial Times concluded that the crisis of the Conservatives in America holds lessons for the British Conservatives as well, who must deal with the direction of their party in the wake of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Like Trump, Johnson appealed to a much broader base to which his party had struggled to engage.
Like Trump, Johnson has not disappeared either, although his chances of regaining the leadership of his party - let alone the leadership of the country - are much smaller than Trump's.
Without a competitor, with fear, inaction and lack of ideas, Trump will inevitably lose the current nomination, according to the British newspaper.