Back during Watergate, the Chicago Tribune, conservative but a great paper, stood by Nixon until the tapes came out, then with some expressed regret turned on him. A Trib editorial lamented thus: “He is humorless to the point of being inhumane. He is devious. He is vacillating. He is profane. He is willing to be led. He displays dismaying gaps in knowledge. He is suspicious of his staff. His loyalty is minimal.”

The point of quoting this is to ask exactly which conservative media outlet, or even which conservative voter, would abandon Trump because of these flaws? They are exactly what he has displayed his entire adult life, and most flagrantly in his campaign and presidency. They’re what his base admires and desires.