Why does Trump Want a Second Term?

[Elixir]

... the money he is raking in because of his political influence makes that salary look like a nickel on the sidewalk.

Yup. Just waiting for some like HL to bend over to pick it up so he can get his jollies, and here's the mark, obliging...
Eeeeeuw!

 

[Gun Nut]

How the hell can golf cost that much? Is he having million dollar shots of alcohol while playing?

He is playing golf at private courses which requires additional security. Obama typically played on bases where security already existed.

OMG.. not just ANY private golf club... HIS private golf club... so those millions he is "paying" of our tax dollars to play golf are being paid to HIM!!!!

 

[Gun Nut]

He's taking no salary as President. That is very admirable. Did Obama do that?

You appear fascinated with Obama... you bring him up whenever any president is mentioned... You must love that guy.. .or is it just black folk you have a fetish for?
We could be talking about programming computers and you would ask if Obama ever programmed anything... so predictable and a little funny.

 

[Keith&Co.]

He's taking no salary as President. That is very admirable. Did Obama do that?

Um, Trump donated his first paycheck to the Forestry service, yes.

About $78K if I recall correctly.
That was the same time as his first budget trimmed about $1.5 BILLION dollars from the Department of the Interior.

So, yeah, "Here, I'm going to screw you guys over, but by .005% less." Very admirable.

 

[laughing dog]

He's taking no salary as President. That is very admirable.

It is admirable of Mr. Trump. It would be even more admirable if he wasn't using the Office of the President to enrich his business and family.

Did Obama do that?

No, but Mr. Obama did not claim to be a multi-millionaire like Mr. Trump.

 

[Jolly_Penguin]

Trump wants re-election because be wants to see himself as a winner. That's his motivation for everything. He's gotta win. He's gotta win so much you are sick of his winning.

 

[Elixir]

Mr. Obama did not claim to be a multi-millionaire like Mr. Trump.

Just a niggle, but Donny was a multi-millionaire before he ever made a dime (if he ever actually HAS made a dime). He was a millionaire by age 8, through no virtue of his own.
His current claim is that he's a billionaire. And given the extremes to which Donny goes to keep anyone from finding out the truth of the matter, it's a fair bet that that is just one more lie, buried in the pile of 12,000-plus lies he has told since stealing the Office.

 

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Well, there's a difference between what he/his companies may be worth and what he personally owns. According to Forbes, he's worth around $3.1 Billion, but most of that is real estate that his company owns (which in turn means his father owned and/or was gained as a result of his father) and licensing deals (i.e., the "Trump" name, which, again, is his father's invention). His personal net worth is estimated by Forbes to be around $310 million, but it consists almost entirely of inherited wealth as well).

But, yes, you're right, how can anyone say he earned anything at all when it was all given to him from birth?

And it's all been plummeting ever since he started running, certainly, so, again, my guess is he's running again to try and make as much skim as he possibly can. That and ego, of course and I'm sure a huge dollop of what he thinks is momentum.

What choice does he really have? If he doesn't run again, he'll be seen as a quitter. He knows he has no real power, so he doesn't have to worry about actually doing anything presidential. He's already established that all he does is sleep, watch TV, tweet and golf. And occasionally he forces his sycophants to suck his cock on national TV. That's about it. It's the ultimate reality TV show for him.

Whatever meds he's on have likely destroyed his sex drive, so there's probably very little the Secret Service has to do or worry about. He's been an extremely useful idiot for the Republicans and the Russians, so they're all happy with him staying.

In short, he's a castrated fool on a hill, so why not?

 

[Politesse]

What does Trump care about a long-term legacy, anyway? The people who love him now will still love him no matter what happens, and he doesn't care about the rest. The man is 73 and thinks McDonalds is food, so it's not as though he's going to live to see any critical histories written on his presidency and its long term impact, nor would he care if he did.

 

[TSwizzle]

Trump wants re-election because be wants to see himself as a winner. That's his motivation for everything. He's gotta win. He's gotta win so much you are sick of his winning.

He does seem to approach the election as some sort of "The Amazing Race" reality show. Although I think he would like to win, I am not sure he would be too upset if he lost either because he doesn't seem to take it seriously. The man is bonkers.

 

[Gun Nut]

Trump wants re-election because be wants to see himself as a winner. That's his motivation for everything. He's gotta win. He's gotta win so much you are sick of his winning.

He does seem to approach the election as some sort of "The Amazing Race" reality show. Although I think he would like to win, I am not sure he would be too upset if he lost either because he doesn't seem to take it seriously. The man is bonkers.

Former presidents only get 2 Secret Service personnel to protect them after their term as president. How the fuck can 2 "cops" stop 32,000* NY police officers from arresting him the second he steps foot on their soil? Impossible. It is a matter of life or death for him to win the next election.

* that's 32,000 uniformed cops... there are over 50,000 cops in NY including non-uniformed personnel.

 

[Koyaanisqatsi]

That's an excellent point as well. He's (ironically) only safe so long as he remains in the oval.

 

[Keith&Co.]

What does Trump care about a long-term legacy, anyway?

Bragging. If he wins and does fuck-all for four years, he can say whatever he wants.
We did, we accomplished, we would have done if not for _____ (deep state, Democrats, NRA, name-out-of-hat).
But if he does not run, he is in no position to say, 'now, the way i would have handled (economy, ISIS, the Martian invasion, earthquakes, Lincoln's ghost....)...'

 

[Half-Life]

He's taking no salary as President. That is very admirable. Did Obama do that?

You appear fascinated with Obama... you bring him up whenever any president is mentioned... You must love that guy.. .or is it just black folk you have a fetish for?
We could be talking about programming computers and you would ask if Obama ever programmed anything... so predictable and a little funny.

We bring him up because he was looked at as "the savior" and "one of the best presidents ever" by a lot of Dems and leftists. It's to point out the nonsensical hypocrisy. Like how he won a Nobel Peace Prize then went on to bomb 8 countries and set a record for deportations by using tear gas on families at the border. What a peaceful man.

 

[Patooka]

He's taking no salary as President. That is very admirable. Did Obama do that?

You appear fascinated with Obama... you bring him up whenever any president is mentioned... You must love that guy.. .or is it just black folk you have a fetish for?
We could be talking about programming computers and you would ask if Obama ever programmed anything... so predictable and a little funny.

We bring him up because he was looked at as "the savior" and "one of the best presidents ever" by a lot of Dems and leftists. It's to point out the nonsensical hypocrisy. Like how he won a Nobel Peace Prize then went on to bomb 8 countries and set a record for deportations by using tear gas on families at the border. What a peaceful man.

Compared to Bush, Bush II and Reagan he was. Compared to Trump, Obama is a fucking God.

 

[Keith&Co.]

We bring him up because he was looked at as "the savior" and "one of the best presidents ever" by a lot of Dems and leftists.

But you already disagree with everything Democrats and leftists say, so why do you care what was said about Obama?
Why does that make you bring him up in discussions?

 

[Gun Nut]

He's taking no salary as President. That is very admirable. Did Obama do that?

You appear fascinated with Obama... you bring him up whenever any president is mentioned... You must love that guy.. .or is it just black folk you have a fetish for?
We could be talking about programming computers and you would ask if Obama ever programmed anything... so predictable and a little funny.

We bring him up because he was looked at as "the savior" and "one of the best presidents ever" by a lot of Dems and leftists. It's to point out the nonsensical hypocrisy. Like how he won a Nobel Peace Prize then went on to bomb 8 countries and set a record for deportations by using tear gas on families at the border. What a peaceful man.

So start a new thread about what you would like to talk about... but when you are speeding down the highway and get pulled over by a cop for speeding, the phrase, "what about all those other cars that are speeding" never works to get you out of the trouble you created for yourself. That's called "whataboutism" and while you do not appear to be bothered by it, you are in the vast minority of people that find that acceptable argumentation.
Someone punches you in the face, and their argument for why its fine to punch you in the face is that lots of people throw punches from time to time.

 

[Half-Life]

We bring him up because he was looked at as "the savior" and "one of the best presidents ever" by a lot of Dems and leftists. It's to point out the nonsensical hypocrisy. Like how he won a Nobel Peace Prize then went on to bomb 8 countries and set a record for deportations by using tear gas on families at the border. What a peaceful man.

So start a new thread about what you would like to talk about... but when you are speeding down the highway and get pulled over by a cop for speeding, the phrase, "what about all those other cars that are speeding" never works to get you out of the trouble you created for yourself. That's called "whataboutism" and while you do not appear to be bothered by it, you are in the vast minority of people that find that acceptable argumentation.
Someone punches you in the face, and their argument for why its fine to punch you in the face is that lots of people throw punches from time to time.

But, the cop doesn't have a good answer for why he pulled over the guy going 65 in a 55 and not the guy going 75 in a 55. I have been pulled over for going 5 mph over the speed limit when I was younger. It was the only ticket I ever got. But, sitting on the side of the highway waiting for the cop to write the ticket, there must have been TONS of speeders that flew by us and of course, he didn't do anything.

 

[Half-Life]

We bring him up because he was looked at as "the savior" and "one of the best presidents ever" by a lot of Dems and leftists.

But you already disagree with everything Democrats and leftists say, so why do you care what was said about Obama?
Why does that make you bring him up in discussions?

Because he bombed and killed way more people than Trump, but Trump makes leftists foam at the mouth for some reason. They call him a Nazi, a racist, a bigot. Leftists said none of these words about Obama because his shade of melanin is slightly darker, so therefore he can't be a racist or something like that.

 

[Patooka]

We bring him up because he was looked at as "the savior" and "one of the best presidents ever" by a lot of Dems and leftists.

But you already disagree with everything Democrats and leftists say, so why do you care what was said about Obama?
Why does that make you bring him up in discussions?

Because he bombed and killed way more people than Trump, but Trump makes leftists foam at the mouth for some reason. They call him a Nazi, a racist, a bigot. Leftists said none of these words about Obama because his shade of melanin is slightly darker, so therefore he can't be a racist or something like that.

Yeah, that's exactly why. Jesus fucking Christ.