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Buckeye_Democrat

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13. The only way that he'd quit..

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Sat May 2, 2020, 05:47 AM

May 2020

... is if he can get even more attention elsewhere.

Compared to President of the USA? That won’t happen, even if he starts his own cable channel.

Here’s what the author of “The Art of the Deal”, Tony Schwartz, said about Trump:

Schwartz told me that Trump’s need for attention is “completely compulsive,” and that his bid for the Presidency is part of a continuum. “He’s managed to keep increasing the dose for forty years,” Schwartz said. After he’d spent decades as a tabloid titan, “the only thing left was running for President. If he could run for emperor of the world, he would.”

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all

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Another One. Trump will announce soon, that he is not running for re-election. He may resign soon [View all] Stuart G May 2020 OP

He will be bragging about his great brain Ohiogal May 2020 #1

If he could cut a deal for immunity from prosecution, he would certainly not run Under The Radar May 2020 #2

...Yes, that deal could be the key. & 4 words, "Stay out of prison" maybe add a few more: Stuart G May 2020 #4

Maybe a health crisis or a behind-the-scenes deal could possibly provoke Mike 03 May 2020 #3

I don't think the choice is his to make. njhoneybadger May 2020 #5

+1 n/t Lulu KC May 2020 #10

I don't know... his lies and magic thinking works dawg day May 2020 #6

I think he's just in it for the media exposure Blue Owl May 2020 #7

You keep thinking something will happen The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #8

No. Trump can not understand "if A then B" Kablooie May 2020 #9

I think that Trump really believes all the things he brags about Chainfire May 2020 #11

Or he might get taken back to his planet of origin Harry Walpurgisnacht May 2020 #12

As far as going back to "his planet of origin"..I have talked to the commander, "We won't take him.. Stuart G May 2020 #14

The only way that he'd quit.. Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #13