What if Trump has decided he does not want to be President?
Most of us have watched as Donald Trump's presidential campaign
went into a tailspin over the last couple of weeks. As Trump continued his
aggressive attack style of campaigning and threatened a federal judge while
appearing to use his influence to help one of his personal businesses the
pundits went wild.
The commentators rejoiced as Trumps' numbers plummeted. The
Republican elite started licking their chops at the growing public support to
cut Trump off at the convention.
Trump supporters held on trying vainly to defend their champion
while Trump kept Tweeting himself deeper and deeper into a hole.
What is going on the media asked? Has Trump taken leave of
senses?
The Republican elite from Paul Ryan right on down started running
from Trump as fast as they could. The Dump Trump campaign got new legs as a
group of Republican insiders started to develop plans for convention rule
changes to deny Trump the nomination.
The stage is set for a contentious convention and Trump has all
but assured the TV ratings will be through the roof. It could easily be the
largest stage Donald Trump has ever stepped out on.
But what if Trump has decided he does not want to be President?
Being president would be messy for Trump. It would probably take
most of his first term just to straighten out the legal mess of his companies.
He would lose control of all of his empire and most of his money.
As of now, Trump has proved his point. He won the nomination.
He shoved all of the political elite into a corner and soundly
thrashed them. He has dominated the political landscape for almost an entire
year and made even the toughest Republicans cringe.
But he can't just quit.
If he were too simply, throw in the towel now he would be forever
haunted by the press and the Republican elite as "Trump the Quitter"
not something Trump wants to deal with.
Why not back the Republican elite and top brass into a yet
another corner and force them to deny him the nomination? What better way than
to attack, attack, attack and get the Republican good ole' boys into a frenzy
where they fall right into his trap.
When they pull off their dirty little tricks at the convention to
thwart the will of the people, Trump supporters will be enraged. The general
public will be mystified and Trump will be indignant but watch for that little
smile at the corner of his lip.
Trump will cry foul, but not too loudly, threaten and maybe
actually sue the Republican National Committee but most importantly he can
remain a dominating force in the Republican Party while not having to deal with
the issue of a long and difficult campaign and the possibility of being President.
No matter whom the Republicans go on to nominate, they will be
soundly defeated at the polls and when the election smoke clears who will be
sitting there Tweeting "I could have won but you guys took it away?"
Donald Trump.
Sound farfetched, re-read The Art of Deal.
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