# Did Trump really want to win?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-really-want-to-win/829843>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [February 19, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-really-want-to-win/829843 "2019-02-19T17:52:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-really-want-to-win/829843/41 "2019-03-01T22:58:17Z")

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> [@foolsguinea](#):
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> Few of the voters who voted for him understood either him or the job. A popularity contest among persons with no knowledge of the actual duties of the job, & only a superficial understanding of the candidates, hardly seems an informed or wise way of hiring someone.

…someone who has the ability to launch the weapons. I blame our large number of compatriots who treat politics as a sport, hoping their team will win. We’ve become tribal. A good portion of our populace thinks decision-making in politics is limited to headlines and bumper-stickers. People cannot be bothered to read anything, or understand what’s going on. Or, they remain hopelessly uninformed and wear that like a badge. Certain news sources are all too happy to shovel easily-digested, unchallenged opinions into [these people’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2E9lyxXCrQ) mouths.

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