| Readers of DCUM, weigh in. Do you think Trump is just punking us? Does he really even want to be president? I feel like it's just one big charade to hand the whole presidency to Hillary. |
| No. He is serious about winning. Probably less serious about doing the job, but serious about winning. |
| No. He has been very vocal for some time about his concern for the direction our country is heading. |
I thnk he wants to win because he can't handle the thought of losing. I don't think he actually wants to be president. |
yes, he does. It would be a uuuuuuge ego booster and power trip. |
I think your right, he can't handle losing, but he also likes being in control. "Poor men want to be rich, rich men want to be king, and a king ain't satisfied until he rules everything." - Bruce Springsteen |
this. |
I don't think he cares much about the country at all. He only cares about himself. |
I have been saying this for months and my DH thinks I am crazy. To me it is unmistakably all a big joke. He has no intention of being president. He will never win, but if by some small miracle he does, he will come out with the truth and we will have to face a re-election. |
+1 |
| You guys are deluding yourselves. He may have started this out as a publicity stunt, but I think when he saw that he had the potential to win the R. primary, he was all in. This is *the* ultimate power trip. |
| I think that was his original intent. Now he feels he has to win. My guess is he picked Pence to do the actual running of government so he can just go around mouthing off or he'll need to "step down" due to some unforeseen medical problem. |
I think you are so wrong. He ran because he knew he could win. Timing is everything and he knows this is his time (despite the fact that Hillary things she is somehow destined for the presidency). |
| PP, there's no mulligan option in the Constitution. If Trump were to lose interest and step down after being sworn in, we don't do a re-election. Mike Pence would become president. Think about that long and hard. |
My Tangential comment: it's his time because he will be scarily old next election. |