Ken O'Brien
Is it plausible that a self-centered egotist
who has only shown interest in his business concerns and in letting no personal
slight go unnoticed would suddenly embrace a campaign for the benefit of so
many people he has long considered beneath him?
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Thirty-five years ago Republicans claimed credit for
the collapse of the Soviet Union under Ronald Reagan.
Now that same party has nominated a candidate for
President of the United States who is financially and emotionally beholden to
Russian oligarchs.
Donald Trump’s candidacy is driven by the goal of
securing a position that will allow him to trade American interests for the
benefit of his dreams of an international real estate empire.
Throughout his career Trump has viewed his
relationship with politicians as little more than a means to an end. The end is
the favorable treatment of his real estate interests. The means has been
financial contributions.
Trump’s goals have been coupled with a character
dominated by the view that all things are personal – both compliments and
slights. And those personal interactions are to be reciprocated – by any means
possible.
So what motivates a person consumed by a passion for
his business goals to suddenly seem to forsake those interests to pursue a
political agenda?
