Frustration abundant, GOP could be near Trump breaking point

McConnell did not explicitly blame the GOP presidential nominee for harming the party’s Senate candidates, but he did criticize Trump’s campaign tactics and said he hopes he “settles down and follows the script”.

“We believe that Donald Trump’s divisiveness, recklessness, incompetence, and record-breaking unpopularity risk turning this election into a Democratic landslide”, said a draft of the letter obtained by Politico.

Their latest-and last available-effort involves a little-known rule of the Republican National Committee whereby if at least 16 RNC members from at least 16 different states or territories sign a petition, the party can begin proceedings that might lead to Trump’s removal from the ballot.

Trump said he’d be able to determine the day after Election Day whether the Republican Party was sufficiently helpful.

Trump the billionaire did not seem anxious his party could cut him off. “Because all I have to do is stop funding the Republican Party”.

Early on Friday, Trump revisited another of his controversies when he said his recent, repeated claims that U.S. President Barack Obama founded the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria were sarcastic.

The New York businessman is struggling to get past a rough patch during which he has suggested gun rights activists could take action against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, a statement he said was aimed at rallying votes against her. Larry is our main news editor.

George W. Bush, who has supported every GOP ticket since leaving office, has said he is anxious he may be “the last Republican president”. Mr Manafort also has privately assured swing state Republicans that Mr Trump no longer will attack party rivals – House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, Arizona Senator John McCain and Ohio Governor John Kasich among them.

The RNC has begged Trump to “professionalize” his campaign and moderate his tone for months now.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is not optimistic that he will be in charge of the Senate come November ― and Donald Trump, he implied, is not helping matters.

Priebus said that this election amounted to “a battle for freedom”.

Those reports were fueled this week by an open letter 70 Republicans planned to send to Priebus urging him to shift resources away from Trump and toward House and Senate races instead.

“Our government is for sale by a crooked person and what they’re doing is they’re trying to not talk about her”, Trump commented on the recent emails revealing a relationship between Clinton’s State Department and The Clinton Foundation and how the media hasn’t covered it in detail.

But Trump remains a controversial candidate in Israel despite an overall pro-Israel stance.

“They want to patch up a rift that just keeps unfolding”, a source told Politico, speaking about Friday’s sit-down, which is to be held in Orlando. The senator added that when Trump “says something I have to speak up on, I will”.

Trump fired back at Romney saying he “understand losers, you can make a lot of money with losers”, adding that Romney’s 2012 presidential run was a failure because the former MA governor “choked like a dog, he’s a choker”.