BTW: I do not "desire" it to happen. I want Trump in this for as long as possible so that the political elites in this country (from BOTH parties)hear just how pissed off the American People are through Trump's mouth. There's zero doubt he speaks for a wide swath of the political electorate including those who identify as R's and D's.
Do you remember who the last Billionaire was that ran for President and was leading in the polls 6 months before the election, before he said and did something stupid?
That was Ross Perot. He blamed the Republican's for blackmailing him with "dirty pictures" of his daughter before her wedding as the reason he dropped out. And then, he tried re-starting his campaign in September of that year only to sink to 19.8% in the run up to the election.
Like Trump, people listened to Perot. He spoke for them, they liked him, and every time that man was on TV people didn't answer their doorbells. How do I know that? I was working in Illinois Politics back then running a large door to door crew and the thing we heard most often when people did answer their doors was "Perot's on TV I can't talk to you right now" and they'd shut their doors.
Trump is just 2016's Ross Perot. Eventually he'll say or do something stupid and derail his own campaign. Yes, even really smart people do stupid things.
“Do you remember who the last Billionaire was that ran for President and was leading in the polls 6 months before the election, before he said and did something stupid?”
Wait a minute. It does not follow that the fact that they are both billionaires makes them of one and the same mentality.
“Trump is just 2016’s Ross Perot. Eventually he’ll say or do something stupid and derail his own campaign. Yes, even really smart people do stupid things. “
Your post is a good one. Your concern is well placed, however I don’t its quite as much the danger as with Perot. Why: because I think Trump has actually put far more thought into this than Perot did. And Trump, contrary to his public persona, I believe is a deeper thinker and more stable than Perot.
I think its pretty clear that Trump has been considering this for 6 to 7 years. Perhaps more. He wrote a book in 2011 that was intended as his campaign polemic. For reasons that were apparently good enough for him he decided not to run in 2012. That doesn’t exemplify a rashness of character.