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It's stunning to me why Cheeto wanted this job (Original Post) SHRED May 2017 OP
Like the rest of us, he never thought he'd win n/t leftstreet May 2017 #1
au contraire Skittles May 2017 #4
I think his handlers did leftstreet May 2017 #7
Did he foresee himself going from golden toilet to flamingdem May 2017 #2
Message deleted by DU the Administrators aikoaiko May 2017 #3
Simply food for his ego. What position is the GREATEST, MOST POWERFUL IN THE WORLD? southerncrone May 2017 #5
He wanted to win. LisaM May 2017 #6
Agreed SHRED May 2017 #10
Grudge from the 2011 WHCD. Warren DeMontague May 2017 #8
This x 1000 LOL Lib May 2017 #18
Obama made Trump look like a fool C_U_L8R May 2017 #9
Now tRump is making himself look a fool and only tRump doesn't know it. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #12
He's made a career of that C_U_L8R May 2017 #13
He saw opportunities to make tons of money and that Congress wouldn't stop him spooky3 May 2017 #11
Message deleted by DU the Administrators SJMULE May 2017 #14
He still thinks he's right unblock May 2017 #15
The same reason he does everything. For validation and to make money. onecaliberal May 2017 #16
Maybe he didn't... First Speaker May 2017 #17
Putin's orders. Can't argue with the boss. nt TeamPooka May 2017 #19

leftstreet

(36,081 posts)
7. I think his handlers did
Mon May 15, 2017, 09:59 PM
May 2017

but I can't see the people behind him being dumb enough to let him know about any hacking or election fraud that may have gotten him (them) in the office

Trumps seems er, non-intellectual enough to be content with all the notoriety and fund raising of just running a campaign

southerncrone

(5,506 posts)
5. Simply food for his ego. What position is the GREATEST, MOST POWERFUL IN THE WORLD?
Mon May 15, 2017, 09:58 PM
May 2017

He couldn't resist. He had to go for it.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
8. Grudge from the 2011 WHCD.
Mon May 15, 2017, 10:01 PM
May 2017

For most humans, that would be beyond absurdity for a motivation.

He is not most humans, clearly.

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
18. This x 1000
Mon May 15, 2017, 11:18 PM
May 2017

Donnie was in ruins because a black man reached a pinnacle greater than he. Obama's joke at the dinner was the straw that broke Lil donnie's hairy orangutan back. Trump would have committed suicide had he not become SCROTUS, just to prove Obama wrong.

I hope we get the last laugh when Donnie is ousted from the WH. I would love to see him in jail but that is likely never going to happen.

C_U_L8R

(44,897 posts)
9. Obama made Trump look like a fool
Mon May 15, 2017, 10:05 PM
May 2017

Yeah I know, not really hard to do.
But I bet Donnie's been driven by an infantile desire to get even.
That's the way he's wired.

spooky3

(34,303 posts)
11. He saw opportunities to make tons of money and that Congress wouldn't stop him
Mon May 15, 2017, 10:07 PM
May 2017

and no one would hold him accountable.

unblock

(51,974 posts)
15. He still thinks he's right
Mon May 15, 2017, 10:13 PM
May 2017

He's ignorant and disdainful if democratic norms and institutional protections against corruption and abuses of power.

He sees all that as constraining of an efficient leader, the way he's been able to get away with murder all his life.

He can't process any of the negative feedback as anything other than incompetence, fake news, and enemies out to get him.

The solution, to him, is more unfettered power.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
17. Maybe he didn't...
Mon May 15, 2017, 11:11 PM
May 2017

...maybe he was blackmailed by Putin to run for an office he didn't really want. Oh, I'm sure his ego was stroked by his victory. But I'll always wonder just whose idea Trump for President *really* was...

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