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CaptainTruth

(8,263 posts)
14. I still think Trump doesn't want to win.
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 05:33 PM
Jun 2016

If he won the election the whole world would see what a clueless incompetent "leader" he is. His ego would be crushed & in Trump's world it's all about stroking his ego, maintaining his charade. He knows he can get away with verbal bluster on the campaign trail but if he became POTUS everyone would expect him to actually *DO* things ... & he's got nothing. He's got nothing & he knows it. His whole charade would come crashing down, & with it, his fragile ego.

He won't quit, that would be on him, he'd have to own it, & his ego won't let him be a quitter. To him it's better to lose because then he can blame the loss on someone else (the RNC, a crooked system, etc).

Look at all his actions, are they the actions of someone who really wants to win? Insulting every voter demographic needed to win (a majority of the electorate)? Doing almost no fundraising & refusing to fund his campaign (he's only given loans, not contributions)? Having no real campaign organization? Hiring just a hand full of state-level campaign staff (30 people for 50 states, with NONE in critical states like Ohio)? Turning against the press & making them his enemy? Turning against his own party (thus ensuring any help they give will be reluctant & modest)?

I could go on but I think you get the point. These aren't the actions of a person who wants to win, they're the actions of a person who's afraid of winning because winning would expose them for the incompetent huckster they really are & utterly destroy their carefully-crafted charade.

And don't forget, Trump didn't enter the race to win. He decided to run as a protest candidate & thought getting 20% would be good, that was his goal. Going all the way wasn't part of the plan.

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Don't think he resigned. It appears he got fired. yellowcanine Jun 2016 #1
The campaign is likely to get even nastier than it has been so far Warpy Jun 2016 #2
Marcos? Savimbi? ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2016 #3
Yeah, he never met a brutal dictator he didn't love Warpy Jun 2016 #4
Can I just add.. Volaris Jun 2016 #23
I never doubted for one moment that he was running. cwydro Jun 2016 #5
Without his ruby slippers, that pumpkin shaped carriage, or his ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2016 #6
You said it. cwydro Jun 2016 #7
seems like many people do not understand extreme narcissism, cwydro Skittles Jun 2016 #17
I'm hoping this is disastrous move for the campaign Boomer Jun 2016 #8
I was wrong. keithbvadu2 Jun 2016 #9
Well said. Binkie The Clown Jun 2016 #10
Tanx. ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2016 #12
MANAFORT is not an indicator of "improvement" for DRUMPF.MANFORT is a fixer for right wing dictators UTUSN Jun 2016 #11
But think of the popcorn futures markets. ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2016 #13
I still think Trump doesn't want to win. CaptainTruth Jun 2016 #14
Well said. ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2016 #15
I'm thinking along the same lines Trump is a self promoter He's all Trump all the time He makes Monk06 Jun 2016 #16
I absolutely agree MrScorpio Jun 2016 #22
Good post but what if the family stepped in malaise Jun 2016 #18
With his being a con man, I am not surprised that he has little or none on hand. ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2016 #19
Who could blame them - he's taking down all the Cons and their cons malaise Jun 2016 #20
What if the family stepped in so thay all could get in on the payola. L. Coyote Jun 2016 #25
With this bunch anything is possible malaise Jun 2016 #28
If Manafort wasn't himself a loser, this would make for better argument alcibiades_mystery Jun 2016 #21
Has anyone asked Lewandowski? L. Coyote Jun 2016 #24
Manafort wanted Lewandowski gone early on RussBLib Jun 2016 #26
He's been replaced with a modern day joseph goebbels. The_Casual_Observer Jun 2016 #27
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