Welcome to another edition of the Schmidt Storm. You have questions. I have answers. Let's get started.

The question is, would a third-party candidacy break the MAGA grip in 2028? I don't think so. In fact, it is the case that a third-party candidacy might help elect the extremist candidate. Here's the thing. A healthy political system does not produce two Trump presidencies. A healthy society does not countenance Donald Trump being the all-dominant

figure in the culture for 10 years. It just doesn't. And so the question is, when you give

consideration to a third-party candidacy, who is going to say what about the shouts of spoiler. The system is rotten, it's completely broken.

There are 76 million plus people that voted for Kamala Harris, but the truth is the Democratic

Party is controlled by about 75 people. Those 75 people aren't on your side.

They don't care about your family.

What they care about are consulting contracts.

What they care about is power, just like their Maga brethren.

And so it is theoretically possible for an independent candidacy to thread the needle to win the presidency.

It's a billion dollar project.

It will take somebody tough as nails.

But the truth is, can it be done?

Yes.

Should it be done?

It should.

Does it deserve to be done? Of course. Who will be the first person to rise up?

Will it be the people who are around Joe Biden? Shouting, spoiler, politics is about the preservation of power.

And the one thing that the American people are lied to all the time about is this notion that these two institutions,

the Republican and Democratic parties, the first and third oldest political parties in the world,

have nothing in common. They have a lot in common. And the thing they have most in common

is they want the other to remain the only competition. It's a duopoly,

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