Why would a candidate want to continue behaving in a way that fires up a very large and very committed following even if it continually hurts his chances of winning an election? And why would a candidate bring on-board a guy who created a wildly successful TV "news" empire (even if he was ousted over sexual harassment charges)? Why would that candidate also bring on-board one of the heads of a wildly successful web "news" company?
Well, maybe that candidate's real plan is to lose the election but leave himself with a rather large and very faithful following and the advice of a couple of wildly successful media guys to help him spin that following into a news-faux-tainment gig. Bigger than the typical campaign-to-Fox path. More like what Sarah Palin tried to do with her fans, after her election bid failed. She did the Fox News thing, too. But she also started TV shows about her and her family and even started her own web series where she would give her folksy bullshit wingnuttery to subscribers. She tried to become a media powerhouse. But Palin is a nitwit and doesn't have the charisma of Trump, nor does she have his bankroll.
Update:
Looks like I'm not the only person who sees this.
Who knows?
Your speculation is intriguing.
However, Trump’s political actions have defied traditional political wisdom from day one. At every stage there were the pundits saying that he would never hit 20%, then 30% then 50%. Then it was “he doesn’t have a chance to win the nomination”. At every turn, those prognosticators were 100% wrong.
You would think that there would be an obvious lesson learned by now to wait and see instead of facing the overwhelming historical odds that they’re, once again, dead wrong.
i try hard to not predict a Trump loss – it really is way too early. but his apparent disinterest in trying to appeal to anyone outside the white nationalist wing of the GOP base makes me think winning isn’t his highest priority.
This is at least, if not more plausible than Trump running fro president in the first place.