I'm not defending Romney.
Trump has no quality to serve as President. He is an immature child who got older. Now he is an immature adult.
He is a narcissist. He is only interested in "winning" - it doesn't matter what he has to do to "win", his followers can't seem to look past the "Game" component of the race. Somehow they have lost sight of what winning the White House actually entails. It makes no difference to his supporters (or Trump) what Trump will DO, if he's elected. It's only about THIS moment... "How can I bully? How can I gain an edge? How can I ridicule the opposition? How can I vanquish the foe? What lie can I tell?"
This short sightedness is a direct result of a cultural shift that has been in the works for a few decades. It's described variously as the "Me Generation", "Instantaneous gratification", "Reality TV culture", "Entitlement", and "Vicarious Living." They started out as channel surfers and now they are web-surfers. They need not invest much. They say, "other people will satisfy my interests and entertain me until I get tired of them and move on." They don't know sacrifice.
They don't know the cost of liberty.
Trump has no capability to manage the affairs of the nation, he lacks the character that would make him even marginally "good." His "greatness" is in his mirror. His childish, self-centered behavior will not lead to a successful Presidency. He does not have some other "persona" to adopt. (Even so, I would not want a man who changes his "persona" the way Trump promises that he would.) He won't change. WYSIWYG, unfortunately.
The Romney "penguin" remark is classic Trump. He uses childish name-calling, gets it to stick by repeating it, and Lo! all the minions are drawn him like a new and shiny distraction. They will marvel at how very great their chosen leader is at "winning."
Trump is a useless man. I have no regard for him. There is no honor in his victory because he is not motivated to do anything other that win - beyond that he has nothing to offer. He is a "Fail" in the making.
I won't be a part of it.
Honor and Courage dictate otherwise.
KR