"It's more like... this is the battle the liberal elites have chosen, and even if I don't love Trump, I have to fight them on this battlefield... you cannot trust the American establishment to do the right thing and if they are indicting a former Republican president they're probably doing something wrong."

"The way to beat an outrageous populist is to be relentlessly normal, argue about policy, don't try to use extra politcal means to kick them out of office, don't just try to close establishment ranks against him. Run as if he's a normal politician. That's how you defeat them."