Donald Trump Didn’t Want to Be President

[Synthaholic]

Really good, really long excerpt from the nation's #1 bestseller. The Trump/Putin bootlickers won't like it, but they should still read it. You know, if it doesn't interfere with reruns of Duck Dynasty and Honey Boo Boo.

Donald Trump Didn’t Want to Win – and Neither Did His Campaign

One year ago: the plan to lose, and the administration’s shocked first days.

*snip*

Conway, the campaign’s manager, was in a remarkably buoyant mood, considering she was about to experience a resounding, if not cataclysmic, defeat. Donald Trump would lose the election — of this she was sure — but he would quite possibly hold the defeat to under six points. That was a substantial victory. As for the looming defeat itself, she shrugged it off: It was Reince Priebus’s fault, not hers.

She had spent a good part of the day calling friends and allies in the political world and blaming Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee. Now she briefed some of the television producers and anchors whom she had been carefully courting since joining the Trump campaign — and with whom she had been actively interviewing in the last few weeks, hoping to land a permanent on-air job after the election.

Even though the numbers in a few key states had appeared to be changing to Trump’s advantage, neither Conway nor Trump himself nor his son-in-law, Jared Kushner — the effective head of the campaign — wavered in their certainty: Their unexpected adventure would soon be over. Not only would Trump not be president, almost everyone in the campaign agreed, he should probably not be. Conveniently, the former conviction meant nobody had to deal with the latter issue.

As the campaign came to an end, Trump himself was sanguine. His ultimate goal, after all, had never been to win. “I can be the most famous man in the world,” he had told his aide Sam Nunberg at the outset of the race. His longtime friend Roger Ailes, the former head of Fox News, liked to say that if you want a career in television, first run for president. Now Trump, encouraged by Ailes, was floating rumors about a Trump network. It was a great future. He would come out of this campaign, Trump assured Ailes, with a far more powerful brand and untold opportunities.

“This is bigger than I ever dreamed of,” he told Ailes a week before the election. “I don’t think about losing, because it isn’t losing. We’ve totally won.”

*snip*

Not only did Trump disregard the potential conflicts of his own business deals and real-estate holdings, he audaciously refused to release his tax returns. Why should he? Once he lost, Trump would be both insanely famous and a martyr to Crooked Hillary. His daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared would be international celebrities. Steve Bannon would become the de facto head of the tea-party movement. Kellyanne Conway would be a cable-news star. Melania Trump, who had been assured by her husband that he wouldn’t become president, could return to inconspicuously lunching. Losing would work out for everybody. Losing was winning.

Shortly after 8 p.m. on Election Night, when the unexpected trend — Trump might actually win — seemed confirmed, Don Jr. told a friend that his father, or DJT, as he calls him, looked as if he had seen a ghost. Melania was in tears — and not of joy.

There was, in the space of little more than an hour, in Steve Bannon’s not unamused observation, a befuddled Trump morphing into a disbelieving Trump and then into a horrified Trump. But still to come was the final transformation: Suddenly, Donald Trump became a man who believed that he deserved to be, and was wholly capable of being, the president of the United States.




There's a whole lot in this article. What a shitshow.

Then why did he collude with the Russians to

steal the election from Hillary?

He didn't, he did it to benefit his brand. This has literally been spelled out 20 times in this thread.

Yes, but they're imbeciles.

 

[Oldstyle]

Then why did Trump "conclude" with the Russians to win?

I keep being surprised how Democratic brain can "eat" all those Hollywood created stories about Trump even though they contradict one another... Anybody who has a brain would say: "Oh, wait a minute at least one of two must be fake..." But no, they are buying both... What kind of brain do they have?...

If the book is "all lies" like the Trumpanzees say, then why was Bannon fired for what he said in the book?

Use your head for something other than a hat rack, Synth! What you're claiming is truth simply doesn't make any sense! Wolff's premise that Trump only ran for the Presidency because of the opportunities it would open up for him once he lost is ludicrous! Running for President doesn't make one more popular these days...the country is so divided that running for either party means about 50% of the country will end up hating your guts! Liberals were already picketing Trump properties before he even was elected. Do you think they would have stopped simply because Hillary won? If you do...then you obviously didn't watch what happened to Sarah Palin after she and John McCain lost! Liberals are STILL out to get Palin nine years after that race was over! Why? Because she had the AUDACITY to run against Barack Obama! Trump is a businessman who made money selling his "brand"! Having that brand hated by half the world isn't an intelligent approach to business growth!

 

[Oldstyle]

The writer of this book cashed in with the desperate need by you on the left for a narrative that explains why your agenda isn't selling to the American people anymore!

 

[RetiredGySgt]

You know if he didn't want to be President he could have just dropped out of the race during primaries he sure saw how a lot of other people did that.

And be labeled a quitter like Poor Sarah?

Maybe you should see how far you can get into the article before you have to stop because your head hurts from all that readin'.

Answer the question, IF he did not want to be President then why are you claiming he colluded with the Russians to win? It can not be both.

His ego wasn't going to allow him to get trounced. That wouldn't have been good for his brand.

Didn't any of you read the article?

So you ADMIT the collusion charge and the claim he conspired with the Russians to win are all political theater? He never wanted to win so he never colluded or conspired to win. Quick call your liberal dem buddies and tell them to stop lying about him conspiring to win.

 

[Oldstyle]

You know if he didn't want to be President he could have just dropped out of the race during primaries he sure saw how a lot of other people did that.

And be labeled a quitter like Poor Sarah?

Maybe you should see how far you can get into the article before you have to stop because your head hurts from all that readin'.

Answer the question, IF he did not want to be President then why are you claiming he colluded with the Russians to win? It can not be both.

His ego wasn't going to allow him to get trounced. That wouldn't have been good for his brand.

Didn't any of you read the article?

So you ADMIT the collusion charge and the claim he conspired with the Russians to win are all political theater? He never wanted to win so he never colluded or conspired to win. Quick call your liberal dem buddies and tell them to stop lying about him conspiring to win.

People like Synth can't keep the narrative straight...first it's Trump "colluding" with Putin to steal the election from poor Hillary...then they do a complete 180 and declare that Trump never wanted to win in the first place! What's amusing is that he can't seem to recognize how stupid it makes him look posting this nonsense!

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

America didn't want Hillary to be President.

Yea well two and a half million more Americans went out and voted for her over Trump.

304-227, the only votes that matter.

 

[Rexx Taylor]

I predicted a 55\45 Trump landslide if only legal Americans voted. Damm...I was spot on !!!

 

[skye]

God Bless President Donald Trump....from here and from the rest of the world...

we say and pray.....

May GOD bless President Trump!

 

[Rexx Taylor]

Maxine Waters didnt want to be brain dead

 

[Rexx Taylor]

America didn't want Hillary to be President.

Yea well two and a half million more Americans went out and voted for her over Trump.

304-227, the only votes that matter.

Harry Reid: I didnt wanna get my ass kicked by a shoulder press machine

 

[GWV5903]

3 million more Americans voted for her.

You must be referring to the illegal alien votes from California...

The Sanctuary State of Illegals...

 

[GWV5903]

Really good, really long excerpt from the nation's #1 bestseller. The Trump/Putin bootlickers won't like it, but they should still read it. You know, if it doesn't interfere with reruns of Duck Dynasty and Honey Boo Boo.

Donald Trump Didn’t Want to Win – and Neither Did His Campaign

One year ago: the plan to lose, and the administration’s shocked first days.

*snip*

Conway, the campaign’s manager, was in a remarkably buoyant mood, considering she was about to experience a resounding, if not cataclysmic, defeat. Donald Trump would lose the election — of this she was sure — but he would quite possibly hold the defeat to under six points. That was a substantial victory. As for the looming defeat itself, she shrugged it off: It was Reince Priebus’s fault, not hers.

She had spent a good part of the day calling friends and allies in the political world and blaming Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee. Now she briefed some of the television producers and anchors whom she had been carefully courting since joining the Trump campaign — and with whom she had been actively interviewing in the last few weeks, hoping to land a permanent on-air job after the election.

Even though the numbers in a few key states had appeared to be changing to Trump’s advantage, neither Conway nor Trump himself nor his son-in-law, Jared Kushner — the effective head of the campaign — wavered in their certainty: Their unexpected adventure would soon be over. Not only would Trump not be president, almost everyone in the campaign agreed, he should probably not be. Conveniently, the former conviction meant nobody had to deal with the latter issue.

As the campaign came to an end, Trump himself was sanguine. His ultimate goal, after all, had never been to win. “I can be the most famous man in the world,” he had told his aide Sam Nunberg at the outset of the race. His longtime friend Roger Ailes, the former head of Fox News, liked to say that if you want a career in television, first run for president. Now Trump, encouraged by Ailes, was floating rumors about a Trump network. It was a great future. He would come out of this campaign, Trump assured Ailes, with a far more powerful brand and untold opportunities.

“This is bigger than I ever dreamed of,” he told Ailes a week before the election. “I don’t think about losing, because it isn’t losing. We’ve totally won.”

*snip*

Not only did Trump disregard the potential conflicts of his own business deals and real-estate holdings, he audaciously refused to release his tax returns. Why should he? Once he lost, Trump would be both insanely famous and a martyr to Crooked Hillary. His daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared would be international celebrities. Steve Bannon would become the de facto head of the tea-party movement. Kellyanne Conway would be a cable-news star. Melania Trump, who had been assured by her husband that he wouldn’t become president, could return to inconspicuously lunching. Losing would work out for everybody. Losing was winning.

Shortly after 8 p.m. on Election Night, when the unexpected trend — Trump might actually win — seemed confirmed, Don Jr. told a friend that his father, or DJT, as he calls him, looked as if he had seen a ghost. Melania was in tears — and not of joy.

There was, in the space of little more than an hour, in Steve Bannon’s not unamused observation, a befuddled Trump morphing into a disbelieving Trump and then into a horrified Trump. But still to come was the final transformation: Suddenly, Donald Trump became a man who believed that he deserved to be, and was wholly capable of being, the president of the United States.




There's a whole lot in this article. What a shitshow.

Here is Verifiable Proof this is what happens when a BB sized brain rolls around in a total vacuum...

 

[Indeependent]

Trump campaigned 24/7 because?

I can't read the article for you. You'll have to read it yourself. The jury is out as to whether you'll comprehend it or not.

I followed the campaigns so I don’t need an “after the fact” article.

 

[Synthaholic]

Wolff's premise that Trump only ran for the Presidency because of the opportunities it would open up for him once he lost is ludicrous! Running for President doesn't make one more popular these days.

Hillary is more popular now than she was on Election Day.

 

[Oldstyle]

Wolff's premise that Trump only ran for the Presidency because of the opportunities it would open up for him once he lost is ludicrous! Running for President doesn't make one more popular these days.

Hillary is more popular now than she was on Election Day.

You keep telling yourself that, Synth and you'll have the lying old hag trying to run for President again! She's no different NOW than she was THEN...well, actually she's a lot whinier now than then but she's always been prone to that!

 

[Synthaholic]

You know if he didn't want to be President he could have just dropped out of the race during primaries he sure saw how a lot of other people did that.

And be labeled a quitter like Poor Sarah?

Maybe you should see how far you can get into the article before you have to stop because your head hurts from all that readin'.

Answer the question, IF he did not want to be President then why are you claiming he colluded with the Russians to win? It can not be both.

His ego wasn't going to allow him to get trounced. That wouldn't have been good for his brand.

Didn't any of you read the article?

So you ADMIT the collusion charge and the claim he conspired with the Russians to win are all political theater? He never wanted to win so he never colluded or conspired to win. Quick call your liberal dem buddies and tell them to stop lying about him conspiring to win.

You can collude to be competitive.

You're thinking it's only collude to win.

Barely losing to Hillary was his dream. He wouldn't have to be president, and he could go around saying the election was rigged, taking over every news cycle, boosting his brand, talking about revenge in 2020, building that voter email contribution list - it goes on and on. Branding. Staying in the news and on camera for free, for 4 years, with every MSM outlet following you around like puppy dogs, ready to broadcast whatever the fuck you want to say.

 

[Synthaholic]

I predicted a 55\45 Trump landslide if only legal Americans voted. Damm...I was spot on !!!

It's interesting, from your avatar, that you're still obsessed with Hillary, over a YEAR after she lost and left public life.

Rent free, and all that.

 

[Synthaholic]

3 million more Americans voted for her.

You must be referring to the illegal alien votes from California...

The Sanctuary State of Illegals...

Yes, they all decided to vote in California, where their votes wouldn't have any affect on the election, since California is already deep Blue.

I swear, you're all retards.

 

[Synthaholic]

Trump campaigned 24/7 because?

I can't read the article for you. You'll have to read it yourself. The jury is out as to whether you'll comprehend it or not.

I followed the campaigns so I don’t need an “after the fact” article.

You followed State TV. There's a difference.

 

[Frankeneinstein]

It's interesting, from your avatar, that you're still obsessed with Hillary, over a YEAR after she lost and left public life.

That is a very odd thing to find interesting...I wonder then, how do you feel about those who still "obsess" over Nixon close to half a century later?