Almost every day, somebody somewhere recycles the idea that President Donald J. Trump doesn’t want to be president. He never did, they say. His heart is not in it. He wants to protect his business empire first and foremost. He doesn’t like having to answer to Congress. You’ll have heard these arguments in one form or another. They all make sense, until you consider that there is almost zero evidence to support them.
The truth is that, unless he is pulling the greatest con perpetuated against American democracy (not impossible), Trump is running again – and his campaign is deadly serious. In fact, in terms of organisational prowess, it may already be the most impressive re-election effort ever launched by an incumbent president.
Just look at the news that Team Trump 2020 has raised more than £22m ($30m) in the first quarter of 2019.
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