> it seems to me that at one stage he wanted a way out and actually tried to fail Which stage was this? I mean sure there were plenty in the media quoting unn

> it seems to me that at one stage he wanted a way out and actually tried to fail Which stage was this? I mean sure there were plenty in the media quoting unnamed sources stating that Trump was going to quit any day now - for almost the entire duration of his campaign, in fact. There were also plenty of times when he went against conventional political wisdom and came out on top. I don't think that was him trying to throw the campaign, I think it's just a fact that he's not a politician and so he does things differently. Trump was always very clear that he was serious and that he planned to become president.