If I wanted to suffer an electoral loss unparalleled in American history, I’d spend a weekend savaging gold star parents and demonstrating my ignorance of global events while fueling rumors of my close relationships with Russian tyrants.
Those who think Hillary is an evil genius: have you considered that Trump might be a plant?
Donald Trump Gives Questionable Explanation of Events in Ukraine
I’m now willing to concede there is a nonzero change that Trump is a plant. Rational motives shouldn’t be able to explain his behavior. On the other hand, his behavior did manage to topple a Republican political dynasty and other very well-funded and high profile candidates, and has him running neck and neck with Democratic political royalty after a reasonably popular Democratic president during a reasonably good economic period. So maybe he’s rational and it’s 45% of the electorate that is irrational.