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DetlefK

(16,670 posts) Tue Jul 28, 2015, 05:47 AM Jul 2015

Donald Trump isn't actually running for President. [View all]

http://www.salon.com/2015/07/28/donald_trump_is_a_coward_why_the_rich_luxurious_poseur_has_never_had_the_guts_to_really_run_for_president_partner/

The reasoning is simple:

- If he loses in the primaries, he's a loser.

- If he wins the primaries but loses the election, he's not only a loser but the guy whose megalomania cost the GOP a national election.

- If he wins the election, he will have to work in a partisan environment with people he can't push and bully, with people who don't care that he's a billionaire, with people who don't care about his bluster and grandstanding. And he would have to get something done while being held responsible for whatever outcome for the rest of his life.

Trump will find an excuse to leave the race before the voters themselves get to judge him. (He's the greatest guy in the world! He judges others! Nobody gets to judge HIM!)

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Donald Trump isn't actually running for President. [View all] DetlefK Jul 2015 OP

+1 LakeVermilion Jul 2015 #1

I doubt that Trump will voluntarily drop out Gothmog Jul 2015 #2

Someone will make Trump an offer he can't refuse watoos Jul 2015 #4

Probably our lizard person overlords Orrex Jul 2015 #8

It was the lizard-people in the GOP! A vote for the GOP is a vote for the lizard-people! DetlefK Jul 2015 #10

. Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2015 #16

That would require some...... daleanime Jul 2015 #3

If he can get nominated mainstreetonce Jul 2015 #5

he will mount an investigation to find proof of vote rigging Fast Walker 52 Jul 2015 #13

McCain jaxind Jul 2015 #6

I expect cognitive dissonance will kick in at that time. Betty Karlson Jul 2015 #11

He thinks he iss widely adored. He cannot imagine not winning. Now that he tblue37 Jul 2015 #24

I think you are on to something madokie Jul 2015 #7

It would have been fun... 3catwoman3 Jul 2015 #15

I laughed heartily heaven05 Jul 2015 #19

Trump is running to build his brand and get free publicity. Nitram Jul 2015 #9

I've been saying from the beginning Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 #12

He already has his exit strategy radiclib Jul 2015 #14

Who says a dictator has to work in a partisan environment? You see our Congress and the valerief Jul 2015 #17

If this squalid excuse for a human being Thespian2 Jul 2015 #18

It might be different this time. He's 69/70 yrs old, ecstatic Jul 2015 #20

He is an egotistical, narcissitic sociopath with bad hair. Hiraeth Jul 2015 #21

"He isn’t acting like a man who wants to win a presidential election" -- in what way? phantom power Jul 2015 #22

shhhh. We know that but this is fun tavalon Jul 2015 #23

He's doing this for shits and giggles d_legendary1 Jul 2015 #25

Of course Trump doesn't want to be a "loser," but The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2015 #26

He's a performance artist. He'll claim he's the Dalai Lama next if it gets him an audience. leveymg Jul 2015 #27

Never has, never will. Presidenting involves work. Orsino Jul 2015 #28

he's the political equivalent of a barrage balloon 0rganism Jul 2015 #29

No shit. Iggo Jul 2015 #30