I would like to return to the vexed subject of Donald Trump for the last but one time. Current discussion in the media, when not pontificating on Mr Trump's all-round ghastliness, tends to focus on his chances of becoming the GOP candidate for the presidential election. The assumption is at all times that Donald Trump actually WANTS the nomination and even the Presidency.
Nowhere, outside the columns of this blog, is serious consideration given to the possibility that Mr Trump has absolutely no intention of becoming President of the United States; to the interpretation that he looks upon the whole exercise as anything other than one giant ego trip, one last fling.
And yet, it is the only analysis that makes sense. At 69, he knows that he is not getting any younger and that this is certainly his last chance to command public attention for any length of time. But never in his worst nightmares has he ever wanted to be President of the USA. What a boring job, and what about that wall?
Would he like to be Republican candidate? Possibly, if he could then be absolutely sure of losing the election itself.
My final post will be published when, either before or after the Republican Convention, Mr Trump decides to call it a day.
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