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I wonder if the nominee would offer Trump a position in their administration in exchange for not running as an independent, and if Trump would give a shit.

aaronbrethorst 11y ago
I was thinking through that same scenario the other day, but came to the conclusion that The Donald's ego is far too large to ever accept anything but the Presidency. My guess is that we'll see a Clinton/Bush general election with a 3rd party spoiler. Again.
adventured 11y ago
I think it's incredibly hard to try to decipher what Trump really wants here, and how much that has potentially changed as he has become the lead candidate. He seems to regularly admit that he didn't expect to be leading (in his bizarre Trump-speech style). If that's the case, then initially he was in it just to stir the pot, and for the free publicity. Personally I don't believe half his positions are real. I'm pretty sure the anti-immigration / wall building positions were mostly to fire up the excitable wing of the Republican party, to charge up an emotional issue. It instantly shot him into the spotlight, because many of the other candidates were trying to avoid offending latino voters and or trying to acquire their votes. He was a Democrat for a long time, and was pro-choice for a long time, then magically completely switches positions. I'm skeptical, I think it's far more likely he's happy to pretend to hold various positions as convenient. No different than Hillary and Obama switching positions on gay marriage when it was ideal to do so. I think if it came down to it, and Trump couldn't be President, he'd much rather be back running his businesses, or on TV somewhere. Perhaps doing a new variation of his show. Anything else not only takes him out of his element, but would be stressful and time consuming with little upside (in regards to what Trump seems to usually wants: money, brand building, publicity).

aaronbrethorst 11y ago

I was thinking through that same scenario the other day, but came to the conclusion that The Donald's ego is far too large to ever accept anything but the Presidency. My guess is that we'll see a Clinton/Bush general election with a 3rd party spoiler. Again.

adventured 11y ago

I think it's incredibly hard to try to decipher what Trump really wants here, and how much that has potentially changed as he has become the lead candidate. He seems to regularly admit that he didn't expect to be leading (in his bizarre Trump-speech style). If that's the case, then initially he was in it just to stir the pot, and for the free publicity. Personally I don't believe half his positions are real. I'm pretty sure the anti-immigration / wall building positions were mostly to fire up the excitable wing of the Republican party, to charge up an emotional issue. It instantly shot him into the spotlight, because many of the other candidates were trying to avoid offending latino voters and or trying to acquire their votes. He was a Democrat for a long time, and was pro-choice for a long time, then magically completely switches positions. I'm skeptical, I think it's far more likely he's happy to pretend to hold various positions as convenient. No different than Hillary and Obama switching positions on gay marriage when it was ideal to do so. I think if it came down to it, and Trump couldn't be President, he'd much rather be back running his businesses, or on TV somewhere. Perhaps doing a new variation of his show. Anything else not only takes him out of his element, but would be stressful and time consuming with little upside (in regards to what Trump seems to usually wants: money, brand building, publicity).