Trump is falling apart and taking the GOP with him.

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State of the 2016 Race
A column for The Hill analyzing the current state of the 2016 presidential race.

The behavior of the GOP's supposed nominee threatens his nomination at the Republican convention.

1. On May 3, Donald Trump effectively became the GOP nominee. Since then, he has not grown as a candidate nor has his campaign evolved into anything close to a general-election- ready political machine.

2. To the contrary, Trump is deteriorating as a candidate.

3. He screams into the microphone at public rallies.

4. He tweets incessantly at all hours of the day and night.

5. He twice excoriated Gov. Susana Martinez, the two-term Republican governor of New Mexico who also happens to be chair of the Republican Governor's Association.

6. Then, in an apparent reversal, he said he "respects" her and that a meeting is in the works.

7. And then he has used his position as the putative GOP nominee to campaign against the federal judge presiding over his Trump University civil lawsuit.

8. A question: why is the Republican presidential nominee spending time on a civil lawsuit at all? Why isn't this — and a lot of other business stuff — being handled by others while The Donald focuses solely on his campaign?

9. Why is he taking time in July to go open a golf course in Scotland?

10. And as for his campaign, reports from inside indicate a sense of panic amid vicious infighting, with only two aides having face time with the candidate.

11. Morale is reportedly low; they are having trouble hiring good people to flesh out a national campaign.

12. The staff inside has the same day-to-day fear that other Republicans have: What is Trump going to say today?

13. Unlike most campaigns, which plan a "message of the day," with Trump it's whatever comes out his mouth at any moment.

14. Here is what MSNBC is reporting:

Republicans working to elect Trump describe a bare-bones effort debilitated by infighting, a lack of staff to carry out basic functions, minimal coordination with allies and a message that’s prisoner to Trump's momentary whims.

"Bottom line, you can hire all the top people in the world, but to what end? Trump does what he wants," a source close to the campaign said."