Donald Trump, despite all his indictments, continues to be the frontrunner in the  Republican presidential primary race. The former president's niece Mary Trump recently offered her thoughts on why GOP officials and the party continue to rally behind him.

Compelled To Back Trump: Among elected Republicans, it's mostly just a craven bid for illegitimate power, said Mary Trump in a Deep State Radio podcast aired on Friday. “They see the state of play; the base is not going to switch allegiances as long as Donald [Trump] is in the game,” she said.

Mary Trump sounded a premonitory warning about her uncle. “If Donald [Trump] is pushed out of the game unwillingly, he will destroy whoever the Republican nominee is, if it's not him,” she said.

Many Republican leaders are on the end of the spectrum that are thinking, “This is the guy. Nothing we could do about it,” Mary Trump said, adding that most would “prefer it for him to ride off into the sunset.”

That decision, however, rests with Donald Trump “at a place and time of his own choosing,” Mary Trump, a psychologist, said. So the choice before GOP officials is to either mildly rebuke the former president or say nothing, she said.

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Ulterior Motive: Mary Trump also pointed to a small but significant section of the Republican party who will stand for him because they agree with him. “They think that people like him should be able to get away with anything, including treason, impunity, just because he is going to advance their agenda,” she said.

These same supporters think that, since Donald Trump is running for president, he cannot be convicted of treason against the country, the psychologist said.

“Republicans aren’t being honest about it; There they are acting as if he is just amazing and nothing he’s done is wrong, which sends a horrible message to the electorate,” she said. That's why there are now more American people who are pro-Russia and anti-Ukrainian democracy, question the validity of NATO and question the sanctity of the U.S. elections, she said.

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