Hilary Brueck

<p>Off the coast of Georgia last weekend a group of nervous business moguls and politicians met up at a private island resort.</p><div class="paywall-selector"></div><div class="paywall">
<p>They weren&#8217;t visiting Sea Island to party, though; they were all guests at an annual closed-press event hosted by a conservative Washington think tank. And this year they banded together around one common goal: stopping Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, as <em><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/aei-world-forum-donald-trump_us_56ddbd38e4b0ffe6f8ea125d?tn50o1or">The Huffington Post</a></em> reports.</p>
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<p>Apple CEO Tim Cook was there; so was Google&#8217;s Larry Page and Elon Musk from <a href="https://fortune.com/company/tesla/" target="_blank">Tesla</a> and <a href="https://fortune.com/company/spacex/" target="_blank">SpaceX</a>. Top Republican brass there included Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Karl Rove, and even <em>New York Times</em> publisher Arthur Sulzberger, among others.</p>
<p>The event, the American Enterprise Institute&#8217;s World Forum, is a top-secret annual meeting known for bringing top business executives and politicians together to do…well, we&#8217;re not exactly sure what.</p>
<p>But this year, as <em>The Huffington Post</em> reported, everyone&#8217;s minds were on how Trump made it this far and how to stop him. Karl Rove reportedly presented focus group findings on Trump, while others simply wondered &#8220;how this happened.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Meanwhile, Republicans prepare to vote across <a href="https://fortune.com/2016/03/07/republican-primary-tuesday-michigan/">four more states</a> on Tuesday. Michigan is the biggest prize, with 59 Republican delegates at stake.</p>
<p>Trump still needs 853 more delegates to secure the Republican nomination, while Ted Cruz is 937 delegates away from a win, in second place.</p></div>

At a private island off the coast of Georgia, Silicon Valley moguls and top Republican brass came together with one goal: stop Donald Trump.

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They have one question: How did this happen?

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