To the editor:
Doyle McManus errs by claiming that “anti-Trump” Republicans, whatever that term means, have only one of three strategies: accommodate, retire or fight. (“Anti-Trump Republicans have three options—but only one can save their party,” Opinion, Oct. 29)
In fact, Republicans have another strategy: So long as President Trump pretends to be one of them, Republicans will pretend to support him.
When the president delivers on “traditional Republican priorities,” which includes cultural issues like standing for the national anthem, he is supported. When he breaks his agreements, he is hammered, and rightfully so. That transactional relationship is as applicable to Vice President Mike Pence as it is to Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
No one trusts this president, a man who has been consistently unfaithful to just about everyone around him and has already thrown Reince Priebus, Rex Tillerson, Jeff Sessions and Stephen K. Bannon under the bus.
The president may long to be adored, but Republicans will judge him on deliverables.
Nathan Wirtschafter, Encino
