Although I understand his reasoning, I don’t buy it.
Abstaining is not useful. It’s a “head in the sand” approach. My thinking is that he should take an active stand and vote for someone – even gary Johnson – as an affirmative step – taking a stand FOR something.
The GOP asked Trump to help with fund raising. It is standard and normal. He was asked to ring 10 of his rich friends and ask for donations for the party campaign fund. Again , they all have to do it. Demeaning and awkward as it may be. He rang three and gave up. He doesn’t care about the party and the party doesn’t care for him much either. Many Republicans are going to be conspicuous by their absence at the rallies. They will not be voting endorsing or supporting Trump in any way.
There’s a lot of ‘Sour Grapes’ out there. Not enough however to really hurt Trump. Establishment candidates decrying the anti-establishment candidate doesn’t seem to be getting much traction. Jeb unfortunately has been relegated to a footnote in history. Too bad, so sad.