Is a Trump/RFK Jr. alliance in the works?

A novel idea in a weird election year

We have actually made the case in the past that this would be a potent combo.

In a parliamentary system governments are often formed between two or more parties when no one party gains an outright majority.

An election happens. One party gets much of the vote but not quite enough. The party with the most votes then goes shopping for a partner, another party, to push a coalition over the 50% mark.

In the US we don’t have a parliamentary system of course. We have what we have, a two party (for the most part) system that often alienates voters who are not either true believer Democrats or Republicans. Third parties exist, and your editor has voted third party many times, but they are usually inconsequential in the end, especially in presidential elections.

But what if a party (or quasi-party in this case) was to explicitly align with one of the major parties fairly early in the race, with the understanding that arrangement was a partner/junior partner arraignment? The junior partner remains autonomous, but works as an ally with the understanding that if the presidency is won by the senior partner the junior partner will have a significant say in administration policy, personnel choices etc.

This might be what the RFK Jr. camp is currently thinking.

Michelle Shanahan, RFK Jr.’s VP pick had this to say yesterday;