He has failed — miserably — and if he gets booted at the RNC convention or is challenged by a third-party conservative, it is his own fault.
With Trump rising in the polls and racking up victories, many Republicans wanted to give him a second chance. They knew he had said some radical and offensive things, but they were willing to give him a opportunity if he could pivot and demonstrate a more levelheaded, calm approach.
Instead of taking that opportunity and unifying the Party, and maybe even the country, Trump blew it.
When he had the chance to bring people together, he couldn’t get past his short-triggered temper — calling for riots at the Republican National Convention and getting into a semi-sexist Twitter war with Fox News.
After a history of sexist comments, the last thing Trump needed to do was pick another fight with America’s most popular female cable news host: Megyn Kelly.