GOP leaders and tech execs plot against Trump at secret neocon island meeting!

SEA ISLAND, Georgia (PNN) - March 8, 2016 - Last Thursday, in a speech delivered at the University of Utah, Mitt Romney blindsided Donald Trump in what amounted to a scathing indictment of the billionaire’s ability to lead the country. "If we Republicans choose Donald Trump as our nominee, the prospects for a safe and prosperous future are greatly diminished," Romney said, in an apparent effort to play Party elder. "If Donald Trump’s plans were ever implemented, the country would sink into prolonged recession," Romney continues, hitting Trump on the economy. "A few examples. His proposed 35% tariff-like penalties would instigate a trade war and that would raise prices for consumers, kill our export jobs, and lead entrepreneurs and businesses of all stripes to flee Amerika."

More important than what Romney said was what his speech represented: all-out panic on the part of the GOP establishment.

Trump is on the verge of winning the nomination and although most still think he can't beat Hillary, the national election is a wildcard. If Trump can go from laughingstock to presumed GOP nominee in nine months, there's no reason to think he can't ride the populist wave all the way to The White House.

With diplomats the world over voicing their concern, and with Amerika's reputation on the line, heavyweights from across Amerika’s political aristocracy and business community are scrambling to figure out how to derail Trump's momentum. In short, the Michael Bloomberg deus ex machina isn't coming and Joe Biden isn't likely to ride into the race in a red Camaro and save the day either, so what now?

That question, apparently, was on the agenda at the American Enterprise Institute's annual World Forum, a secretive affair held on Sea Island, Georgia.

Predictably Karl Rove, GOP mastermind, gave a presentation outlining what he says are Trump's weaknesses. Voters would have a hard time seeing him as "presidential," Rove said. Which we suppose is why they are turning out in droves to vote for him.

In any event, this underscores how serious the situation is. Amerika is apparently facing an identity crisis wherein the country's elected representatives as well as the business community feel a sense of paternalistic duty to keep the public from making a mistake at the ballot box.

But they don't seem to understand that that plays right into Trump's hands.

It's "the establishment" trying to bend the will of the electorate.

It's "entrenched business interests" aligning with bought-and-paid-for politicians to stand in the way of a populist revolution.

Now he can say that a billionaire who refuses to unlock an iPhone to aid in the fight against terrorism on Amerikan soil, the House Speaker, Elon Musk, and none other than Karl Rove himself are secretly commiserating on an island at a lavish, neocon-hosted conference to stop Amerikans from exercising their right to choose the next president.

It would be difficult to craft a better narrative to tell working class Amerikans if you tried.

Long story short, if the establishment and the business community keep focusing on how to subvert liberty rather than on how to craft a message that resonates with voters, they are going to end up handing the keys to The White House to Trump on a silver platter.

Which we suppose is just how he likes to be handed his keys.

Only the platter would preferably be gold.