Assume you are a billionaire; you have done it all, and find no more challenge in sealing deals and increasing your fortunes. Your children have all been raised right, are well off, and could do fine on their own merits without your help. You do not have so long left in this world, but you have had to watch an amoral idiot destroy the country you love for eight years. What is left for you to achieve? What is your motivation? Tell me all about Trump’s selfish reasons for wanting the presidency: Money? He could gain far more in business ventures if he cared about that; the only pay off in the presidency is the speaker fees and connections which take years to benefit from, and he already has the connections, and speakers fees are peanuts compared to his current wealth and capital gains. Power? As president he would have considerable power, but in our governmental system his power is severely checked; the executive is limited by the Congress, the Senate, and the Judiciary. He has far more power as a mogul who can operate without so many checks or so much scrutiny. Ego? Being a Television /Movie star brings far more fame, fandom and ego gratification— he’s done that. BTW, Trump is my second choice behind Cruz, but this notion of selfish motives makes no sense to me. So what is this selfish motive and supporting rationale?
I believe he got in the race last summer because it would be fun and it would help his brand. Then he found that people were far more gullible than he expected, so he kept at it. Soon he was the far and away leader in the polls, so he started to test how much he could get away with saying and realized that there is nothing he can do or say that will deter his supporters. Now he is sprinkling in statements that in most cases would get a candidate run off a GOP debate stage and many of the hardcore conservatives that post here are fine with that as well. so, what the hell, let’s take this all the way, see if Trump can actually win the presidency, we can figure out how to govern between election day and the inauguration. Governing really doesn’t matter anyway as Trump has no long-held core beliefs other than self-promotion is the most important thing one can do. He will bend whatever way the wind is blowing come January 2017.
I hope I am wrong and I will be the first to admit it if I am. My question to you - will you come back and eat your crow when this Trump experiment blows up?
No doubt you see the big picture. Awesomely stated
Here is something I wrote a while back and post from time to time.
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As someone about Trump’s age, I find it easy to believe his explanation as to why he’s running.
I’ve agonized over the America we are leaving for my own children and grandchildren to live in and raise their families in. Most Freepers here probably feel the same way.
America hardly resembles the one I grew up in. It’s but a shadow of its former self, with freedoms, successes, with respect from our friends, and fear of us by our enemies, all but non-existent.
Trump said he was running so that his family wouldn’t look at him, knowing he could have fixed it, but didn’t.
His own story of building the Trump Organization shows that he knows how to build great empires. Now he wants to make all of America great again.
I think we are but the lucky side beneficiaries.
I don’t get it. Do you think his reality show star status and brand recognition will be increased or decreased after this political cycle, no matter what the result? Not saying he is doing it for that reason at all, but it seems to me a serious presidential run could only help in that respect, no matter what his actual intention would be.
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