[monochromatic]

Trump's whole persona is about winning brashly and bigly. It's ludicrous to think that he entered a race he didn't intend to win.

> If the recent book is to be believed at all

It isn't to be believed, literally at all.

http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/367902-dont-believe-m...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/01/03/mi...

[gilbetron]

"by Sebastian Gorka"

Yeah, no thanks. I'll believe 100% of the book before I believe 0.01% of what Gorka spouts.

[monochromatic]

Well that’s silly, but you also chose to ignore the other link.