What Trump is doing is not running for president.
He is opening up negotiations to get the presidency. The deal, as in the art of the deal, is the presidency. He is now starting to negotiate with the money class and ordinary Americans to get the presidency.
I watched a one hour segment Hannity did with Trump yesterday and if you listened carefully he was telling everyone he was opening negotiations. At one point when talking about the Iranians he said that if you are a really good negotiator whether you want to make the deal or not you start tapping on your opponent. He said that you:” tap, tap, tap.” You keep tapping to probe your opponent.
Trump is making all these provocative statements to provoke a reaction. That is the start of the tapping.
The thing about Trump is that he is feeling out the terrain to see who the players are he is up against and what they want. That is tapping.
Whereas all the other candidates are “running” for president, Trump is opening the negotiations to see if he can make a deal.
His approach is totally different from the others. They all want people’s support. Trump wants to see what incentives he can provide to seal the deal.
At least it won’t be a backroom deal in a smoke filled room in the basement of the Capitol Building with McConnell, Boehner, Pelosi and Reid.
Excellent post! Tx.