No, Jeb was the designated Republican opponent - agreed to by both sides - well before the campaign kicked off.
His job was to gracefully lose to Hillary - the historic first woman president in our history.
Trump was never factored into the Uniparty's well laid plans, and was a wild card that came out of nowhere.
He won, in large part, because the political establishment had no idea how to deal with such a candidate. He was independently wealthy, a name brand, industry titan, widely admired, best selling author, beholden to no one, and completely uncontrollable.
There was nothing in any of their playbooks that could help them tackle such a character. He flummoxed the entire establishment so badly, Obama resorted to siccing his deep state jackals on his campaign, in a last ditch effort to either find some dirt on him, or set his people up to commit some federal offense.
In the end, nothing worked, and Trump beat them all.
We Conservatives will always remain more than curious just exactly what WAS the information BJC shared with DJT in that conversation the two had before Trump’s hat was thrown into the ring. Slick Willie said SOMETHING that caused alarms in the brain of future POTUS - Just what was shared? At the time, it was thought (personally) Bill had a plan to help his Hill become what she aspired to be... thus a nominee she might overcome. Given thought, the conclusion was brushed aside; why should Trump, a very well educated, wealthy businessman waste his time, money, intellectual ability in order to achieve something he might never have: the chance of winning. Being no one’s stooge - DJT considered Bill’s advice which begins another story.