Ex-Trump Insider: Donald Doesn’t Want to Be President

[ailsagirl]

This article came out in late March, but it's still relevant, perhaps more now than then

By Rob Garver
March 28, 2016

In an open letter to voters supporting Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary, the former communications director of Trump’s now-defunct Super PAC said that the former reality television star not only never expected to be the Republican nominee, much less president, but never even wanted to be.

Writing for the website xojane.com, Stephanie Cegielski said that when she was brought aboard as communications director for the Make America Great Again PAC last summer, the instructions from Trump Tower were to make sure that Trump finished a respectable second in the GOP primary. It was made clear that Trump was running not as a serious contender, but as a “protest” candidate.

“I don't think even Trump thought he would get this far,” she wrote. “And I don’t even know that he wanted to, which is perhaps the scariest prospect of all.

“He certainly was never prepared or equipped to go all the way to the White House, but his ego has now taken over the driver's seat, and nothing else matters. The Donald does not fail. The Donald does not have any weakness.”

The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on this story.

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2016/03/28/Ex-Trump-Insider-Donald-Doesn-t-Want-Be-President

[gordianot]

1. I doubt he will be President but he grossly underestimated stupid people.

George W Bush was elected (sort of) twice. Stranger things have not happened but there is always a first.

[ailsagirl]

3. I will be relieved when this whole insane episode will be over

Tho' who can say what's in the offing-- I tremble to think

[Garrett78]

4. Bush was bumbling, but he was also governor of a huge state and son of an ex-POTUS.

And relative to Trump, Bush was an articulate candidate with substantive positions. Seriously. Trump is devoid of substance, a blatant bigot, and I don't even know what he's saying half the time. It's all relative, but he makes Bush seem like a strong candidate.

Trump is unlike anything we've seen before...at least in modern times.

[gordianot]

5. Closest thing I can find to Trump in American History is Aaron Burr.

International schemer, megalomaniac, narcissist, con man, probably committed treason. Where Trump and Burr meet is neither has friends in their political endeavors. To know them is to hate them.

[In_The_Wind]

2. *scoff* He's in it up to his eyeballs.

[WhiteTara]

6. I don't know whether he wants to be elected or not, but

here's the most interesting part of the article...IMHO

(Interestingly, Cegielski describes the move to shut the Super PAC as an “internal decision” made “in order to position him as the quintessential non-politician.” It’s unclear, but this at least suggests a degree of coordination between the campaign and the Super PAC, which would violate election laws.)

Related: For Now, Democrats Savor a Clinton-Trump Matchup This Fall

However, Cegielski said that she supported the decision to shut down the PAC and continued to support Trump “with great passion” afterward. It was only slowly, as she began to look at Trump “as a member of the voting public rather than a communications person charged with protecting his positions,” that she started to feel disillusioned.

In the end, she said, she decided that Trump is not an authentic voice for disaffected Americans alienated from Washington and left behind by the global economy.

Speaking to current Trump supporters, she wrote, “He is not that voice. He is not your voice. He is only Trump's voice.”

[Garrett78]

7. That anyone could ever think he's "an authentic voice for disaffected Americans."

Based on what? Some remarks about trade and tax rates for hedge fund managers? Good grief, some people are too gullible for words.

[WhiteTara]

8. He also coordinated with his PAC

which of course if illegal. When he loses this presidential election, he may be spending a lot of time in court for ALL his dirty deals that are now public.