When one candidate wins 60%+ of the vote in every state, there is a heavy bond to that one candidate. What other candidates say is irrelevant to the vote. So there was no chance to nominate someone who could do better than him the general election. No idea where you get that 10% number. But that's a lot when an election is close. I seriously doubt that 10% of non-Trump Pub primary voters are not voting for him.Only about 10% of MAGA voters are Trump only voters. You just really don't want to accept that. 90%ish of Trump voters would have supported Ron if he won. The other 10% aren't pub voters. They only vote pub for Trump. Tons of democrats "walked away" and are die hards. Tons of black and hispanic voters are voting for Trump but not Pubs in general.
You have to look deeper than just surface level. And why are you so opposed to tarrifs? That was how the constitution was set up to fund the government. How about we tax foreigners for selling here instead taxing Americans and not foreigners?
Tariffs raise costs and thus consumer prices. They're a sales tax. What's not to not like about them? 10% across the board for all imports is as crazy as Harris' price controls are crazy. Dumb & dumber. Targeted tariffs can be useful in a few special cases, but they still hurt consumers. His steel tariffs raised prices while creating just a handful of jobs.