Donald continues to do what he does best: lose.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/ted-cruz-donald-trump-delegate-222354

QuoteTed Cruz notched another delegate landslide Saturday, stretching his advantage in a competition that might never occur: the second ballot of a contested Republican National Convention in July.
Cruz won at least 65 of the 94 delegates up for grabs Saturday (he may have won more than 65, but Kentucky's 25 delegates haven't revealed their leanings). The Texas senator has so thoroughly dominated the fight to send loyalists to the national convention that if front-runner Donald Trump fails to clinch the nomination on the first ballot, Cruz is well-positioned to surpass him — and perhaps even snag the nomination for himself — when delegates are free in subsequent convention rounds to vote for whomever they want.

On Saturday, he nearly won 19 of 20 seats available in Maine, losing just one to a Trump backer: Gov. Paul LePage. He also won all nine delegates on the ballot in three Minnesota congressional districts, picking up support in the lone state won by Marco Rubio. Cruz also grabbed one of three delegates in South Carolina's 6th Congressional District, while the other two went to an uncommitted delegate and a supporter of Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
Cruz's biggest windfall, though, came from Utah, where at least 36 of 37 national delegates will be aligned with Cruz, who crushed Trump in the state's caucuses on March 22. Included in the Utah delegation: Sen. Mike Lee, Gov. Gary Herbert and Reps. Mike Bishop and Mia Love. Only Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, the 37th delegate, is a wild card — he hasn't revealed who he supports.

How embarrassing.

Kentucky: The odd-state out, Kentucky's GOP all but shut out the campaigns from getting loyalists into the delegate slots, instead filling them with "prominent elected officials and party leaders" as Leon reported at the link above. Among those delegates are, Gov. Matt Bevin, Sen. Mitch McConnell, and Sen. Rand Paul. No harm, no foul (although one might be forgiven for expecting a lot of those party players to be unsympathetic to Trump.)
MAINE: In Maine, Cruz now has 19 of the 23 delegates headed to the national convention, 20 of which were decided on Saturday. As streiff noted at the link above, the only Trump loyalist was embattled Gov. Paul LePage himself, who had a very bad day. An almost complete victory for Ted, and a complete washout for Trump.

MINNESOTA: Of Minnesota's eight congressional districts, the delegates from three were decided yesterday, three from each one. Cruz swept all nine. Keep in mind, this was the one state won by Marco Rubio, at which time the state bound 17 then-unnamed delegates to Rubio, 13 to Cruz, and Trump only ended up with 8. Now that the Rubio delegates are on the market, the question is who picks them up. On Saturday, Cruz shut out Trump entirely. The remainder will be decided at the state convention in May.

SOUTH CAROLINA: Out of South Carolina's seven congressional districts, one was decided on Saturday, for a total of three delegates. A Cruz supporter, a Kasich supporter, and an uncommitted delegate were selected.

UTAH: In Utah, Saturday was the state convention, and 37 delegates were elected to the national convention. Two were confirmed and one final delegate will of course be Utah party chairman James Evans. Of the 37 voted in, Cruz took a stunning 36 with supporters and loyalists. You will recall that Cruz won Utah in a massive landslide and all 40 of the states delegates are bound to him on the first ballot. Now he can count on pretty much keeping them after that, too. The only reason it was 36 and not 37 is the final delegate was a "wild card" and simply hasn't revealed who he supports. In the main, a total shut-out of Trump.

If you've kept count, then you know this means that Cruz loyalists filled a whopping 65 of the 94 spots available on Saturday. And that's not knowing who, for example, Kentucky delegates may lean toward for their own second ballot choice. So he may have picked up even more than that.

In all, a humiliating defeat for team Trump, and yet more proof of the Cruz campaigns superior ability to operate the machinery of the party, follow and understand rules and procedures, and generally be an organized and functional enterprise. In the business world that's called being a success. Something the man behind Trump University might understandably not recognize.
http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2016/04/24/donald-trump-humiliated-ted-cruz-triumphant-complete-saturday-delegate-results-minnesota-utah-kasich-kentucky-maine/

Putting aside the campaign for a moment, it looks like Cruz is taking over the party. One delegate at a time. He's crushing the GOPe before the actual election takes place...

QuoteIn all, a humiliating defeat for team Trump, and yet more proof of the Cruz campaigns superior ability to operate the machinery of the party, follow and understand rules and procedures, and generally be an organized and functional enterprise. In the business world that's called being a success. Something the man behind Trump University might understandably not recognize.

http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2016/04/24/donald-trump-humiliated-ted-cruz-triumphant-complete-saturday-delegate-results-minnesota-utah-kasich-kentucky-maine/

Brings to mind a couple of random thoughts:

a.  Trump's days of brokering super deals are over.  His attention span, or lack of attention to details is killing him.
b.  Maybe Trump's success has always been tied to his "sales bluster", overuse of adjectives instead of evidence and facts, and he's just plain GOOD at selling? 
c.  While I don't know where the idea "too big to fail" originated, an old friend of mine often said that about Trump's investments, the banks and investors had SO MUCH MONEY at stake, Trump could practically write his own Chapter 11 agreements - or everyone else would fail, while he walked away.  When he says he used the law - he may have enriched himself via bankruptcy reorganization, reducing the actual investment costs, building CHEAP where it's EXPENSIVE to build?
d.  The same tactic of winning through losing - appears to be his MO for winning the primary.  I can imagine a handful of lawyers have been plotting the challenges to the process, hoping he pulls the majority of the popular vote - then they descent on the GOPe and go full-bore after the rules committee(s)?
e.  Did Donald Trump ever intend to play by the rules, or make up his own in the end, to win HIS way?  He seems quite comfortable just "winging it" and letting the courts / lawyers do the heavy lifting, does that sound plausible?
f.  All of Trump's success could well be tied to his associates.   Is it their work in the background, using the strength of Trump's personality to push through their deals?  Is Trump nothing more than a useful buffoon?  My gut keeps telling me, this guy isn't a fake or fraud - he's an empty man, being animated by others.   I just don't see the intellectual horse-power to do ANY of the stuff he claims - reminds me of "The Mandarin" from Iron Man, just a good, well paid, insecure, actor?

I donno.... I'm trying to keep an open mind, these are just my impressions, Trump comes across as severely "handicapped" for political office, AND for picking a solid cabinet.