I hear ya. From the begining I said Trump is following advice of Tsun Tsu. Never fight on a battlefield carefully prepared by the enemy. No question he has destroyed the Rat/enemedia battlefield. Like you, at first I did not think he was doing it for himself but as the weeks go by I am not as certain. This latest, we should keep families together, they should all go” will put him over the top. At this point the next question seems to be, “If he does win, what will he do with it?”
Like a mountain climber will he just admire the view briefly and then go home? Delegate the thing out and kick back? That could go both ways, actually. Or will he charge in and increase his momentum and do 100 days of Trump? He could use that bully pulpit and really transform America. Not just the Rat/enemedia battlefield but drain the swamp of corruption in DC. Everyone else in a hundred years has been told on arrival in DC that, “That’s nice you got elected back home by the yokels but this is how we do things here”. Trump will be one that no one would dare say that to. A billionaire who is 69 has nothing to prove and essentially nothing to lose. It is just possible he could actually accomplish what no one else can. With Ted Cruz as his Val Jar it could be stunning. One thing fer sure, the next year is going to be one for the books. Like nothing seen since 1776.
He has EVERYTHING to lose.
Trump isn't his money. He is his brand...and his brand is all about winning.
There is no chance he will drop out. He has invested his brand and he will not let his brand get tarnished.
For Trump, this is do or die.