"But the populist element which once supported the Republicans will move to a new 3rd Party. In this, we will see even conservative Democrats join its ranks."

I beg to differ... there is WAY too much uncertainty and "WHAT IF-ery" in this article. The hard truth is that historically third parties have been ephemeral, temporary things that rarely survive past the first election they campaign for.

The only 3rd party of any consequence I can think of is the Libertarian Party... sure they hang around, election after election, but quick, without looking it up, who were the last three Libertarian Party presidential candidates?

Forming a 3rd party in America is a complicated, expensive, and time-consuming effort. A better strategy (IMHO) would be to simply invade and take over the existing party that most closely matches our ideology; namely, the GOP. If we concentrate our efforts on rooting out the bad actors, RINOs, and traitors in the GOP, led by Pres. Trump himself (who seems poised and positioned to do exactly this), our work could continue well into the latter 21st Century.

It would necessitate getting rid of weak and wobbly "Republicans" through the electoral process on our end, and Pres. Trump using every form of pressure he could to "encourage" other bad actors to resign and "spend more time with their families."

In this scenario, we could take over the GOP completely in a mere 3 to 4 years in a concentrated effort.

Again, in my humble opinion.