He was immensely popular. But a third party always just splinters the party it broke from yet never brings in enough votes to defeat the one it is opposed to. Much better to splinter your opposition party.

Trump would do better putting togther a mega media enterprise. There is already a huge need for a platform for all these little alt platforms looking for a home. He couldput his own channel right in the middle and nobody could shut him up. He would wield far more power than the leftists can imagine