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{{See also|Opposition to Donald Trump|Never-Trumpers 2024}}
[[File:Donald Trump official presidential photo.jpg|thumbnail|180px|right|[[Donald Trump]] ]]
The '''Never Trump movement''' was a political group opposed to [[Donald Trump]]'s candidacy for President, even after Trump became the front-runner in the [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 Republican presidential race]]. The movement included [[neocons]], [[globalist]]s, [[Cruzites]], [[Leftists]], [[feminists]], and pro-[[illegal immigration]] [[Democrat Party|Democrat]]s. The movement largely was coordinated by [[MSM]] and intelligence agencies after Trump openly questioned the need for the continued existence of [[NATO]]. There are also some [[liberal]]-leaning [[Republicans]] who declared their opposition to Trump. These Republican opponents included a handful of current and former elected officials, and a few mostly older commentators and academics. According to a 2019 journal article published by Cambridge University Press, Never-Trumpers are significantly less [[conservative]] than supporters of Trump.<ref>[https://twitter.com/MattGrossmann/status/1164899644528189441 Matt Grossmann]. ''Twitter''. August 23, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2019.</ref><ref>https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/conservatism-in-the-era-of-trump/129A638D91CC8985E3805AF8A8A2E1F6</ref>
''[[Weekly Standard|The Weekly Standard]]'' was a magazine controlled by Never-Trumpers that went out of business in December 2018, reportedly partly as a result of disagreement by [[Trump]] supporters with positions taken by the magazine.
==2016 presidential election==
[[File:Mifsud with Boris Johnson.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|'''[[Joseph Mifsud]] (left) with [[UK]] intelligence head [[Boris Johnson]] (center)''' two weeks after [[George Papadopoulos]]' plea agreement.<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/boris-johnson-pictured-with-london-professor-from-fbi-russia-probe/amp/</ref> Mifsud posed as a Russian operative and invited Papadopoulos to a meeting. Boris Johnson in collusion with [[Ukrainian collusion|Ukrainian intelligence]], not [[Vladimir Putin]] and Russia, meddled in the 2016 presidential election when Trump questioned the need for [[NATO]].]]
According to polling data (which proved inaccurate when trying to predict the general election outcome) Trump entered the 2016 Republican national convention with a majority unfavorable poll number among the entire American people, rather than just GOP primary voters, likely due to unrelentless leftist attacks against him.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/donald-trump-favorable-rating|title=Poll Chart: Donald Trump Favorable Rating|work=Huffington Post|accessdate=March 21, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/08/31/poll-clinton-trump-most-unfavorable-candidates-ever/89644296/|title=Poll: Clinton, Trump most unfavorable candidates ever|date=Aug 31, 2016|work=USA Today|accessdate=March 21, 2017|quote=Among U.S. adults, Clinton now has a 56% unfavorability rating, while Trump had 63%.}}</ref> Regardless, Trump won the primaries and the general election in a historic landslide, illustrating the American people's rejection of the Never Trump movement.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/08/first-polls-close-in-2016-race-trump-projected-to-win-ind-ky-clinton-wins-vt.html Trump wins presidency, defeats Clinton in historic election upset]. ''Fox News''. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref><ref>Goldmacher, Shane & Schreckinger, Ben (November 9, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/election-results-2016-clinton-trump-231070 Trump pulls off biggest upset in U.S. history]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref>
