Chris, as a former Washington Post copy editor (1976-2008), I would be doing you a disservice if I didn't mention a typo I noticed. In No. 1, it reads: "What better way to executive on that agenda than to be the first person in the presidential race — to say, essentially, who wants to come tangle with me?" I think you meant to say "execute" not "executive." Of course, I honestly don't know how anyone who has to follow Trump as part of their job hasn't fried numerous brain cells. "You’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din!"--Rudyard Kipling
I'm betting that the desire to avoid prosecutions combined with his colossal ego to spur the announcement.
Chris, as a former Washington Post copy editor (1976-2008), I would be doing you a disservice if I didn't mention a typo I noticed. In No. 1, it reads: "What better way to executive on that agenda than to be the first person in the presidential race — to say, essentially, who wants to come tangle with me?" I think you meant to say "execute" not "executive." Of course, I honestly don't know how anyone who has to follow Trump as part of their job hasn't fried numerous brain cells. "You’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din!"--Rudyard Kipling
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Piling on
"Trump even seemed to elude to the rigors of running a presidential campaign . . . "
"Allude"
(Btw, thanks for your incisive insights and analysis)
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Totally agree with the DOJ / prosecution angle. Was there also a financial / fundraising benefit? Basically, what was the grift angle?
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Financial / fundraising considerations were a disincentive to declaring early, not a benefit
As long as Trump was undeclared, he could rake in all the cash he was sent with no oversight, and do with it whatever he wanted
Now that he is a declared candidate, he must adhere to campaign financing laws under the unblinking eye (/s) of the FEC
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