Donald Trump Is "The Great Evil" from The Fifth Element

The more I watch Donald Trump's candidacy unfold, the more I realize that he is The Great Evil that everyone was trying to stop in the movie The Fifth Element (the relevant scene starts at 10:10 and ends at 14:00):



In the movie, a powerful warship (Fox News) is sent out to destroy a gigantic evil space blob (Donald Trump) that is attacking the universe (the Republican Party). The warship repeatedly fires its most lethal projectiles into the evil blob, only to find that the more it attacks the blob, the more powerful the blob becomes.

That's Donald Trump's relationship to the GOP in a nutshell.  I stated in a previous post that Fox News tried to torpedo Trump in the recent debate, no doubt thinking that it could put an end to his Evil Presence once and for all.

No such luck.  As noted today by Josh Marshall:

Numerous commentators speculated over the weekend that Trump's public spat with Fox News host Megyn Kelly might finally spell the end of his surge in the polls. Top Republicans openly cheered his apparent downfall. But NBC's weekend poll suggests that assumption was misplaced.

The poll in question shows that Trump has the post-debate support of 23% of Republican voters, with Ted Cruz at 13%, Ben Carson at 11%, Marco Rubio and Carly Fiorina tied at 8% and Jeb Bush and Scott Walker at 7%.  Yes, you read that right -- Trump enjoys a double-digit lead despite all of Fox's efforts to knock him out of the sky.  Nothing seems to be able to stop Trump, not even Megyn Kelly.

In The Fifth Element, the activation of certain "element stones" finally brings down The Great Evil.  I think there is one weapon that will ultimately bring down Trump's run for the GOP nomination, and that is the passage of time.  I agree with the pundits who say that Trump is probably locked into around 25% support in the GOP -- he won't go much below that no matter what he says, but he also won't be able to go much above it.

Once folks start dropping out of the GOP field, support for the other candidates still in the race will go up and Trump's position in the polls will eventually drop.  But until that happens, just sit back and enjoy the rest of the film.  It should be a good one.  I'm also looking forward to the inevitable sequel, which will be titled: Trump Launches Independent Bid For The Presidency.