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BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 10:26 PM Mar 2021

Does tRump really want to be POTUS again?

Last edited Wed Mar 10, 2021, 01:46 AM - Edit history (1)

David Frum was on MSNBC today claiming that the former guy never realized he enjoyed being POTUS until he left office and now he finds himself missing the "job". This is why Frum said he is trying to fundraise outside the GQP/RNC.

I thought he hated the "job" since it was too much work.

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Does tRump really want to be POTUS again? (Original Post) BigmanPigman Mar 2021 OP
He wants the money making aspect of what he did. liberal N proud Mar 2021 #1
He likes the power, the attention, the grift, and the opportunities for revenge. He has no tblue37 Mar 2021 #11
He wants that Diet Coke summons button. kairos12 Mar 2021 #2
He needs the money to pay his upcoming legal bills. Nt Fiendish Thingy Mar 2021 #3
he wants air force one nt msongs Mar 2021 #4
It's all about bdamomma Mar 2021 #5
He wants to stay out of prison. n/t Mr.Bill Mar 2021 #6
+1000 Jarqui Mar 2021 #19
He never really wanted to be President in the first place. It was a marketing ploy. Arkansas Granny Mar 2021 #7
HA! The "fundraising" by Trump is going to hit two allies who will soon be rivals: no_hypocrisy Mar 2021 #8
He thought the presidency would open the world to him. Personally. taxi Mar 2021 #9
Trump likes for the government to pay his golfing expenses, NCjack Mar 2021 #10
I wants to be god, dammit. rickyhall Mar 2021 #12
He wants to not be in jail nt Xipe Totec Mar 2021 #13
What "job"? smirkymonkey Mar 2021 #14
He hated "doing" the job. The rest of it was OK. And he never did an honest day's work in his life. TreasonousBastard Mar 2021 #15
He never wanted the... 3catwoman3 Mar 2021 #16
He wants to be the center of attention again... comradebillyboy Mar 2021 #17
No, he just wants the praise and administration. Initech Mar 2021 #18
He loves staying off court dockets. Baked Potato Mar 2021 #20
I think he likes "being president." I don't think he likes presidenting. MoonchildCA Mar 2021 #21
The Repug States Are Doing All They Can To Create Major Voter Suppression In Future Elections..... global1 Mar 2021 #22
Agree! BigmanPigman Mar 2021 #26
He's missing Bill Barr running interference for him at DoJ. meadowlander Mar 2021 #23
He wants the money as long as he can keep it coming. argyl Mar 2021 #24
The answers are articulated on every post on this thread Rhiannon12866 Mar 2021 #25

liberal N proud

(60,302 posts)
1. He wants the money making aspect of what he did.
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 10:28 PM
Mar 2021

We went 4 years without a President while the orange thing robbed the country blind.

tblue37

(64,982 posts)
11. He likes the power, the attention, the grift, and the opportunities for revenge. He has no
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 10:38 PM
Mar 2021

interest at all in the actual job.

bdamomma

(63,658 posts)
5. It's all about
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 10:32 PM
Mar 2021

the money he can grift from his cult. He's still pushing out memos unless Stephen Miller is doing it for him. But the demonization of Democrats is still there.

I hope the investigations in Georgia and SDNY get him good. He should be in jail for killing Americans.

Arkansas Granny

(31,483 posts)
7. He never really wanted to be President in the first place. It was a marketing ploy.
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 10:33 PM
Mar 2021

His ego wouldn't let him stop when people started to take him seriously. His ego is the only reason he would run again. He cares nothing about the country or the people who live here.

no_hypocrisy

(45,774 posts)
8. HA! The "fundraising" by Trump is going to hit two allies who will soon be rivals:
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 10:37 PM
Mar 2021

1. The RNC. Trump is trying to divert donations from the RNC to the DJT.

2. Ministers of Evangelical Churches. Their parishioners don't have enough money for both Church and Trump.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
14. What "job"?
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 10:42 PM
Mar 2021

He didn't do a damn thing except hold rallies, tweet, grift, watch TV and order people around. He misses the attention, he misses the power trip, he misses the easy access to all the perks he was getting from being president, but he definitely didn't miss the job.

He didn't have the slightest idea of what the job even entailed. I honestly don't think he ever did an honest day's work in four years. He just took from it what he could and gave nothing back but hate, fear and chaos. It scares me when I think of how close he came to completely destroying this country.

Initech

(99,915 posts)
18. No, he just wants the praise and administration.
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 10:59 PM
Mar 2021

And maybe also the money. But I don't think that he has any interest in doing any actual leading.

MoonchildCA

(1,301 posts)
21. I think he likes "being president." I don't think he likes presidenting.
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 11:16 PM
Mar 2021

It’s just the title, and the power it holds. He has very little to do now, no Twitter, the news is not talking about him enough...

He has nothing to do, but wait around for incumbent politicians to come and kiss his ring.

global1

(25,168 posts)
22. The Repug States Are Doing All They Can To Create Major Voter Suppression In Future Elections.....
Wed Mar 10, 2021, 01:39 AM
Mar 2021

They're wanting to take back the House & Senate in 2022 and the WH in 2024.

Tr**p wants to control the money so that he can stack the deck in his favor.

There is no way I can survive another 4 years of a Tr**p presidency. I can't re-live another 4 years like the ones we just got out of.

This country can't/won't survive if every 4 years we keep going through the herky jerky of overturning what the previous administration did.

Tr**p came in and undid all the good of the Obama Administration. Now Biden is undoing all the bad that Tr**P did. We can't let them take over the WH again and let Tr**p throw us back into the chaos of the last 4 years.

argyl

(3,064 posts)
24. He wants the money as long as he can keep it coming.
Wed Mar 10, 2021, 01:45 AM
Mar 2021

Come 2024 he'll be dead or so obviously incapacitated he couldn't run.
Knock on wood.

Rhiannon12866

(203,036 posts)
25. The answers are articulated on every post on this thread
Wed Mar 10, 2021, 01:48 AM
Mar 2021

Money, attention, being waited on, ready transportation and the opportunity to stay out of jail.

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