# Did Trump really want to win? **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 30
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-really-want-to-win/829843/30 "2019-03-01T06:20:31Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > The entire time Trump was running I never believed he wanted to win the election. The more outlandish he gt the more people seemed to fall in line. I think it just went too far to back out at some point. Any thoughts on this? I think if he runs again it will be an entirely different approach. I really doubt he will run. Donald Trump, Jr., and now Michael Cohen, have confirmed that the victory in November 2016 was unintentional. I was posting here more than three years ago that Trump didn’t want the job: > [@Can Donald Trump Actually Win The White House?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-donald-trump-actually-win-the-white-house/735325/86): > > … I assume he lacks his own support as well – this is all a publicity stunt that’s gone farther than he ever expected… (Don’t click the link — I made some bad predictions in that post!) I’m sure I mentioned this several times, but it’s hard to search for. **However he needs the job now.** When he loses his Presidential immunity, he will become a top target for criminal prosecutions. He will cling to the office as hard as he can, hoping to die while still an unindicted President. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-really-want-to-win/829843)._