The Trump Apocalypse Watch is a subjective daily estimate, using a scale of one to four horsemen, of how likely it is that Donald Trump will be elected president, thus triggering an apocalypse in which we all die.
Two things happened today:
- Ted Cruz and John Kasich agreed that Kasich would stop campaigning in Indiana and Cruz would stop campaigning in Oregon and New Mexico.
- Donald Trump said that Kasich eats in a “disgusting” way, elaborating that “this guy takes a pancake and he’s shoving it in his mouth.”
The first item is not great news for Trump because it indicates that Cruz and Kasich are facing reality and realizing they may have to team up to deny Trump a first-ballot majority at the Republican convention. (That said, the three-state agreement isn’t likely going to affect that many delegates on its own.) The second item is not great news for Trump because it indicates that he is not actually capable of restraining his obnoxious impulses in order to appear more “presidential” and even-keeled, which is supposed to be his big current goal.
We’re lowering the danger level down to 1.5 horsemen.
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