Since Trump sees everything through the prism of a “deal”, what are we voters to him in this deal scenario?
Obviously we’re not the competition, the other candidates are that.
Also obviously the prize “property” they’re after is the presidency, so we’re not the prize property.
But they need votes to “buy” this particular prize property, so are we the currency? Are we the “bank” that provides the “money” (votes)?
And after he gets his prize property (the presidency) what will we become then? What will be our collateral for the political capital we will have spent on him?
This is Donald Trump’s current project: Make America Great Again! He is running to be selected as the leader of a movement that will do that. He will probably make a great deal of progress in eight years, he will need a strong second that he can train to carry on the project. So look for whom he picks for his VP.