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no_hypocrisy

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2. And the biggest scam of all: HE DIDN'T WANT TO WIN THE ELECTION.
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 12:59 PM
Mar 2017

Trump Is Self-Sabotaging His Campaign Because He Never Really Wanted The Job In The First Place

By Michael Moore

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-moore/trump-self-sabotage_b_11545026.html

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Trump was unhappy with his deal as host and star of his hit NBC show, “The Apprentice” (and “The Celebrity Apprentice”). Simply put, he wanted more money. He had floated the idea before of possibly running for president in the hopes that the attention from that would make his negotiating position stronger. But he knew, as the self-proclaimed king of the dealmakers, that saying you’re going to do something is bupkus — DOING it is what makes the bastards sit up and pay attention.

Trump had begun talking to other networks about moving his show. This was another way to get leverage — the fear of losing him to someone else — and when he “quietly” met with the head of one of those networks, and word got around, his hand was strengthened. He knew then that it was time to play his Big Card.

He decided to run for president.

Of course he wouldn’t really have to RUN for president — just make the announcement, hold a few mega-rallies that would be packed with tens of thousands of fans, and wait for the first opinion polls to come in showing him — what else! — in first place! And then he would get whatever deal he wanted, worth millions more than what he was currently being paid.

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