**** Elections thread *****

[Poopadoop]

Never. And I'm absolutely AMAZED that you can even entertain this idea.

It's kind of cute how you rail about other people's outrage over serious social issues and then have the same reaction yourself to someone posing a hypothetical question about Trump's motivations.

Firstly, it's a vicious accusation with positively no basis whatsoever.

It's a possibility is all I'm saying. Don't confuse that with a declaration that I know the facts.

Second, this same "what if" standard has never been applied to any other president ever. Did Reagan run because he liked being on TV so much? Did Clinton run just so he could get laid? Did Taft run for the free food?

Let's stick to talking about things that actually relate to Trump's situation and not some silly stuff about Taft wanting free food. There's loads of precedents of people seeking political power in order to benefit themselves financially. Not sure what makes you so confident Trump is above that. Especially when there's many things to suggest personal ethics isn't his strong suit.

And btw, I wouldn't be shocked if Clinton's lust for power was related in some significant way to his lust for sex.

And Thirdly, this idea completely flies in the face of the very logic you've used to support every one of your positions thus far. It completely undermines the entire basis for your opinion of Trump.

It's not at all logically inconsistent with him also wanting power for other reasons as well. You can do something for more than one reason. Similarly, it's not inconsistent with him using that power to do things besides increase his own wealth.

Would a self-serving narcissist be more interested in avoiding public impropriety, or would he be more interested in making a profit by granting favors to foreign governments, against american interests, in return for them patronizing a hotel room that would probably be sold anyway?

I'm not sure which answer you want to hear, or what you think it would prove...

but the fact is, I don't know. You'd have to ask a self-serving narcissist or his psychiatrist that question. I don't have that much insight into the workings of other people's minds.