Mitt Romney is going to weigh in shortly on Donald J. Trump.

He’s going to call him a few choice names. I’ve heard “fraud” and “phony” kicked around. There no doubt will be more.

I’m not sure why the 2012 Republican Party presidential nominee wants to engage in this boiling intraparty debate over Trump’s ascendancy to become the party’s next nominee. Romney has said he’s not going to run for president again and I believe him. Perhaps he wants to become the gray eminence of the GOP establishment that is now seeking to derail the Trump Express.

Of all the things he can say today when he makes that speech in Utah, I’ll be waiting to hear if he’s going to express any regret over seeking and embracing Trump’s endorsement four years ago when Romney was running against President Obama.

I know that circumstances change in politics.

Trump, though, has always been the showman. He’s never exhibited any philosophical grounding. He’s never offered a constructive and reasonable solution to any problem facing the nation

Build a wall to keep illegal immigrants out and force Mexico — a sovereign nation — to pay for it?

Use the power of the presidency to ensure that retail business owners wish customers a “Merry Christmas”?

Is this guy for real? I know the answer to that question.

He’s what he’s always been.

I am looking forward to hearing from Mitt Romney who today is looking a whole lot better as an alternative to Donald Trump than he might have looked — to me, at least — four years ago.

I remain hopeful he’ll admit he goofed back in 2012 in accepting this clown’s endorsement for president of the United States.