Does Donald Trump even want to be President? | Renegade Cut
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- Since 1988, Trump has teased a presidential run, but it was always to raise his profile. Did he actually hope to be president in 2016? Does he now? Support Renegade Cut on Patreon: / renegadecut
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Does he want to administer? No.
Does he crave the power and endless attention that comes with the office? Yes.
Does he want to pardon himself for crimes he committed? Yes.
The White House is such a polite place. These days, everyone says "Pardon me!" "No, no, pardon me!"
I mean every US president gets a pass for war crimes abroad, and pretty much the entire US apparatus as well, including lower level staff. It makes total sense that Trump would expect getting a pass for some petty crime. Poor guy.
U R on top of things!
@@user-mb5pj7wt9t wow is right…cultist talk, loser talk, idiot speak.
Poor raging narcissist that literally tried to destroy us democracy for his personal gain…
@@elponchex True enough, he just happens to be more brazen about it to the point it ruins the illusion they try to keep up for the general public. Still I do like pissing people off who love Obama by calling him "President Drone Strike".
No, but he wants all of the privileges afforded to a president.
🎯🎯🎯🎯
And none of the responsibilities
He also wants revenge!
He wants all of the privileges afforded King of the World. But he'll take President if it'll keep him out of prison.
Don’t forget being worshipped as a messiah to stroke his ego.
Pretty sure it was recently discovered that he did not, in fact, donate his salary, as his taxes show.
I'm shocked, I tell you
This checks out. That's 100 % in character.
I caught that, as soon as it was said in the video, as well.
Yep came here to say this too.
I knew it! His Cult fell for it 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I think honestly that trump’s bigger fear is fading into obscurity
That's certainly a major fear for him. It was my position from slightly before his announcement for 2024 that his announcement was required at the time it was given because after the mid-terms people on Fox and other outlets he needs were talking about his irrelevancy. The way to ensure that commentary is correct is to sit back and let it go on. The only way to stop it was to make the announcement as soon as possible and hope he could change the narrative.
The reason he hasn't really campaigned since is also quite simple, and it's not just a matter of laziness as this video suggests. It's because anything he says can and will be used against him in the court of public opinion (even if the courts of law do nothing), and there's no gain to be made for taking that risk as there's no one in the race to attack.
Perhaps society needs to gather the courage and just face whatever slippery slope backlash happens by punishing powerful figures. I don’t think we are any better living the intellectual and moral inauthenticity of double standards. It’s messed up living in a world surrounded by legitimized inauthenticity where people don’t really care about punishing crime unless it’s to maintain the hierarchy of power inequality and the cycle of abuse.
It's not about general society at all. Average people have no real say. It's a bunch of oligarchs responsible for policing each other. They generally never do that.
@@cryptbeast3222 Even so, a large portion of common people consent to it and give it legitimate power, regardless if they are manipulated by the oligarchy into doing so.
My thoughts exactly.
The average person hopped up about a "revolution," left or right, completely forgets or is blind to the fact that things could get much worse. And that their prejudices would shine brightly through whatever movement they'd create if they had the power to will it. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
@@FreedomDaveX It's an easy sell to those doing well and are middle class or upper class. Don't want to pay more taxes? Want less regulations on your industry? Want to identify with a group that actively promotes itself as in the moral right, on the side of the one true god, and has your back if you want to lash out at major societal change? Vote Republican. It does look like Rick DeSantis might lead them back towards something that was at least tolerable, ie the George Bush days, but it's all about the narrative.
Which is why conservatives constantly attack the idea of it and accuse their opponents of falsely changing it. Donald Trump really opened up a can of worms with his fake news mysticism. It's a cult at this point. He has empowered his followers to cry Fake News and feel like they have the authority to write the narrative no matter the facts. The power of belief is real to an extent. You can't argue with a bullet going through vital organs. But you can argue with the facts if enough people treat your word as if it was from god.
I can't emphasize enough how much I appreciate that you go on making videos like this, Leon. Despite your recently expressed doubt, I sincerely believe your work is of great value to guide people of all walks of life through the difficult times we are in. Hang in there, mate.
Can't agree enough. I still remember almost being driven to tears by his video "When Were You Radicalized?", it stuck me so deeply yet I couldn't put it to words until then.
It's good to do a recap once in a while, Trump has said and done SO MANY effed up things over the years It's hard to remember them all.
It's the fire hose concept of "infotainment" (and criminality)...overwhelm people with what was nearly something new every hour (and the MSM eating it all up and spitting it back out like toddlers), and you lose track of what's really awful/bad vs. what's lightly crime vs. what's just old-man-yelling-at-cloud nonsense.
With all the shady things Trump has done before and even during his tenure as president, do some people really think he is worth defending?
Seems to be he only wants impunity
What baffles me more is the people who actually want him back as President
It's all about racism.
@@HMouse123 Yes and just so many !?!?!? Witch I believe that the Stump seen it and jumped on it.
RACISM and not only that but a female was running. Just wait until they come out with the reality series and the movie.
@@HMouse123 ei that hits a bit with my father. Thankfully the rest of my family wasn't as affected, though how exactly my mom who is a socialist got with my dad who is very conservative is a goddamn mystery
Spoons to ya if you need them, I hope you're able to have your own space at some point in the future. (spoons is in reference to spoon theory, a way of measuring one's energy to do things for lack of a more concise term)
@@wilhelmseleorningcniht9410 That's honestly not so surprising. I've never voted anything but blue, while my girlfriend is a conservative. We're making it work.
They like the simple rhetoric he constantly throws out. A ton of his appeal is to the overworked disillusioned middle of the road voter who doesn't have the time or energy for nuance. They want to be told their lives suck and things aren't looking better not because we have a joke of a system but because some outsider, be it outside the country or simply outside the party, is holding them back. Much more straightforward answer to a problem they don't like facing down for the difficult thing it is.
He's like the girl in the meme where she's smiling when the house is on fire
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Great video. Very interesting and informative. I think you’ve nailed it on his reasons for running again.
Is it true what I've heard, that Melania burst into tears on announcement that Donald had won?
Best I can find is a lot of "reportedly" articles
I remember back when he announced his first run, I was certain it had to be a publicity stunt gone too far or a joke.
Once he started having rallies, and I heard the people chanting, I knew they weren't joking. It didn't matter what he was doing anymore.
Yes I was saying the same thing, that there's no way enough people would vote for him, but boy was I wrong (twice)
Yeah, I remember being so giddy when Trump announced the first time, amused that he would splinter the all the different types of crazies in the republican party and make an iron-clad win for Clinton. Even when visiting relatives in distressed parts of central PA and seeing nothing but Trump signs, I still didn't feel he would win. Obviously I was wrong. NEVER underestimate the stupidity of the American people who will gladly vote against their own interests.
I am so sick of the threats of civil war if Trump is prosecuted, that I now feel; bring it on! He's losing popularity and if some of his minions do react violently, they will be shut down and then they will crawl away and lick their wounds.
Honestly, yes. We should work together to be ready for them if they try (which both reduces the chances they try and protects people if they do), but move forward with justice regardless. Infinite kowtowing to the wannabee fascists is not a solution, sooner or later we've got to call their bluff and weather what they do, once we're set up to do so we should do it as soon as possible, since the damage of delaying it can continue indefinitely without the final shock getting any better.
The issue is they would be handled with kid gloves (look at the 1/06th folks...many of them will never have to defend themselves in a courtroom, and the ringleaders will likely get away with it, unlike the footsoldiers/pawns who the DOJ has actually struggled to get), as opposed to what his party would've done if, for example, Obama had tried what Orange Julius Caesar pulled off.
@@Corbomite_Meatballs Frankly, that's only if they GET to a courtroom after attacking their peers to selfishly push for autocracy. If the rest of America protects itself and its neighbors actively enough, the fact that surviving right-wing terrorists will be disproportionately let go by the corrupt justice system will still be a terrible crime, but won't actually cover a large proportion of the brownshirts in total -- the number 'removed from circulation' is greater than just the number imprisoned, there's at least two filters they have to pass to murder their neighbors and get off scot-free.
Though that does only apply to the footsoldiers, if we assume the ringleaders (effectively immune from prosecution and nothing we can do will change that) have a limited population of bodies they can throw at us, and a limited fraction of their followers that CAN be turned to terrorism through their manipulation, we can weather that assault by exhausting the supply. We just have to keep the numbers balanced enough and between those who DO get imprisoned and those taken out of action by the consequences of their crimes in other ways, they'll run out before getting what they want. Then maybe, without their goons around to protect them, we can look into reforming the justice system to prosecute those who sicced the waves of trigger-happy lunatics upon us all.
I think the "civil war if my guy gets arrested" crowd could make a good justified case for all the militarized police forces... excepting of course the flaw that an unhealthy number of those militarized police ARE on the side of civil war.
I have been saying that since the beginning TRUMP IS A CANCER THAT CAN CAUSE A CIVIL WAR HOPEFULLY HE WILL BE IN JAIL SOON BUT HE WILL CAUSE AS MUCH TROUBLE AS HE CAN DISGRACEFUL AND DANGEROUS TO THE COUNTRY THAT IS WHY HE IS A RUSSIAN PUPPET
No, he's just a professional con artist who loves attention and running money scams on his supporters.
He just wants the perks; immunity from prosecution, side business deals and always money up front.
I had hoped The Orange king would go to jail but after this show, I can see that Justice loves the rich and powerful. More proof that this country follows the golden rule.
I was skeptical (after an hour of wandering around this topic here) but now very impressed. Well explained, thought out, and presented. Clear and concise. Well done 👍
No one really brings this up but I was on 4chan at the time and there was a huuuuge push from /pol and /b to get Trump elected as a joke.
I'm happy you're still making videos.
Donald Trump single handedly accomplished what no other scholar or whistleblower could, he showed us the intricate workings and realities of the true nature of the system which operates as the united states justice system.
Facts
This video cogently describes Trump's political career as an illustration of our 2-tier justice system. Well done!
Man he looked upset at that dinner. Also I got recommended this by YT which is kinda rare.
If anyone wrote a serious novel about this or a made movie, it would bomb because everyone would say it was too implausible.
Oof, this really ended any lingering holiday cheer. That said, wonderfully written and performed as usual 👏
I never thought he really wanted to win, it's like the Brexiteers in the UK, or a dog chasing a car.
Glad to see your views are back up. Hopefully the trend continues.
I still can’t believe that the trading card announcement did as much damage to Trump’s base as it did. Not literally anything else, but THAT.
I watched when his win was confirmed on election night, out of morbid fascination. I still remember thinking that he looked shocked, and that Melania was obviously mortified (probably at the thought of actually having to live under the same roof as her husband). I'd initially hoped for educated and experienced staff in the west wing. But, it was a pipe dream....
He just wanted more money. The Republicans should have just paid him to go away.
Homie don't miss. Another banger.
That's a brilliant take Leon, well done, from France this American political show can look quite simplistic, but glad you share what's really going on.
Do you think my trump trading cards can beat my opponents blue eyes white dragon
He can not accept defeat. Unfortunately, he's been told that his ideas are great all of his life. So when he decided to run for president, because he's a "stable genius," he had to win. Now that he's lost, he has to run again to "prove" he's not a loser.
Well stated. I appreciate your efforts with these video essays
he wants the title of being president but he doesnt want to do any of the work involved in actual governance. if he could be a strictly titular monarch he would be the happiest man alive
the not taking a salary thing was just shown to be provably not true
Yeah, I wrote the script before the tax information was released. Video essays aren't vlogs. They are always written days, weeks or months prior to being released because they need to be recorded and edited.
@@renegadecut9875 Yeah no worries just feel like it’s a note worth having. Understandable that you couldn’t get it in and still keep up with the algorithm.
Good video!
Leon, thank you so much for your work
Trump is the definition of failing upwards.
I think we should also ask the question of "Who would even want Trump to be President?". He's an open Fascist and explicitly said so when he called himself a nationalist at one of his rallies, and he isn't Fascist enough to even more extreme Fascists. The latter is extremely concerning when you think a lot about it.
He leans fascist, but all he really does is play one on TV. He plays his part, but as the video states: "Donald only cares about Donald."
republicans? duh?
The Republican party saw their party leader help trigger a riot in service of his own ego, and are now trying to sell its voters a more marketable version of the same guy in DeSantis. America would most certainly vote itself into fascism if given the opportunity.
He would be a US dictator if he had half the chance.
Somewhere in the realm of a third of the country if voting statistics from 2020 are to be judged....
Fantastic writing and narration on a very strange turn in recent history. Thanks for sharing!
faith in humanity reaffirmed. keep up the good work, Leon!
Like all trolls trumps expertise lies in his ability to drag people down to his level and then beat them with experience.
When you fail up so hard you risk becoming an icarus metaphor
Even if you don't like Obama or Seth Myers those were some good burns
Glad you decided to keep making videos. Thank you.
You sir have earned yourself a FOLLOW! Great video!
He didn't want the first one, he was just butt hurt and didn't want to look like a looser. It's was like a frat prank that blew up in his face.
I think this might be possible, i have been thinking this for a while too.
Great video, keep it up!
Ooh, thanks for the upload, boss.
He's a grifter, nothing more.
Don’t underestimate him, he is a fascist as well. He deserves credit for that too.
Arnie's one season of the Apprentice was not too bad.
Thanks for the video!
All hail the Algorithm
7:59 "Never piss off a lazy ambitious person. Dont offend them. Lazy ambitious people are some of the most dangerous people you will ever meet" - Pat Bet-David
- everyone laughing in that room that night forget the power of spite.
Appreciated this video. Thank you for taking the time to make it, especially in the wake of your former video discussing the toll of making TH-cam videos.
Kee safe these holidays and I look forward to whatever you make in the future. Sending warm wishes, bud.
Bro I felt scared looking at Donald during the correspondents dinner he was stone faced 😂
You remain my favorite creator on TH-cam and in other mediums as well.
Just discovered your channel dawg. Impeccable work looking forward to going thru the catalog. Appreciate u
Thanks for making videos
Phenomenal video! Great work!
You gotta admit that the monkey they use on the Trump NFT's are the most unique, much better all the other NFT Monkeys.
Astronaut Monkey
Cowboy Monkey
Superhero Monkey
Magician Monkey, etc
This is the most concise analysis I've seen so far. Great Job.
Let's go!
I always figured Trump liked RUNNING for president more than actually BEING president. If he had lost to Hillary, he could of had a career as a political analyst abd critic of Hillary's policies, always saying "well, here's how *I* would do it!" But he was completely unprepared to be elected. I theorize that Trump's deepest desire is to be a God-king; absolute power over a whole country, with admirers who literally worship him and begin a religion devoted to him if he died. He erroneously thought the presidency equaled a kingship, and appeared flabbergasted every time he had an idea and his advisors said "uh, yeah, we can't legally do that."
He wants the prestige and perks of being President, without any of the hard work or responsibility. Pretty much sums up Donald Trump's entire life.
I always look forward to your analysis of media and issues, thank you for all your hard work.
Great analisys as always
That means Trump was on the golf course every 4-5 days. Bush Jr didn't spend that many days at Camp David
Incredible work, Leon! This is gold!
He looked so shellshocked in November 2016 that I remember constructing elaborate scenarios in my mind where he would not show up for his inauguration, or maybe fake his own death, or maybe in a Paddy Chayefsky kind of ending, go up on stage and not-so-fake it in front of what he later claimed was the largest crowd ever. I guess I was off by a bit, but certainly the signs of his not really wanting to do the whole president thing were plain to see.
Would you like a better guy in office? Elect me and I will work harder than Trump, and never play golf at all! 😅
So basically, we're fuuuuuucked.
And he didn’t even donate his salary.
With all the dirt on his hands, you'd think he wouldn't, but laws mean nothing when you don't read and you truly believe they only apply to others.
in that clip of him walking after his victory was announced, I think he looks scared
For Trump, being President has its perks. Other than not going to jail, there's the use of that nice airplane, a free house, plenty of free food and people to drive you around in a motorcade with a police escort with sirens and all that. And nobody can tell him what time to be at work.
He wants to be a dictator 😮😮😮😮
Fantastic, presented so well please keep up your good work, these criminals must go to jail . Have committed crimes against humanity
I’ve never wanted someone to do something they didn’t want to do more than Donald Trump, because DeSantis is much fuckin scarier
Upon the deliverance of his one and only State Of The Union, a moment frozen in time ( for me ) occurred. It was when Trump pointed and none other than Buzz Aldrin stood up and waved and then Saluted Trump. He saluted. And in that moment I lost all respect for the former astronaut.
As far as I'm concerned, we absolutely have to hold Trump accountable and deal with whatever consequences come. If that means that every politician from every party will be under a microscope for the rest of this country's existence, so be it.
Lol the irony about his trading cards is they're *also* NFTs.
Trump saying someone thinking Idaho is Florida at the beginning is bad. Sure I guess he's technically right but he needs to look in the mirror because he did the same thing in February 2020 saying kansas is missouri
Called it!
He can still be president of his cell block.
This makes a ton of sense. Apocryphal or not, I remember hearing reports of Trump in shock after the result, mumbling stuff like “they actually did it”. It didn’t need to be a conspiracy, though. Just half a nation of people who should’ve known better.
We should get an update to this video
The DOJ better not puss out on this one, bring the hammer down
Great video - what should we hope will happen now? What should people be advocating for? Or are all outcomes equally as bad?
No, but he wants to be looked up to the way other leaders are. Nothing at all during his tenure showed that he actually wants the responsibillities of the leader of a country.
How the heck did I forget all about The Apprentice? But I DO remember Arnold Schwarzenegger as the host!
No, he just wanted money and adoration. Work is for other people.
I read this as “work is for poor people.” I think it fits well
Don't forget immunity. That's also something he really wants.
So is paying taxes. Apparently.
Did he now also steal Lady Liberties torch?
@@denisefoxcroft8920 What? No...that would be way too heavy for him to lift. It's a foam one that you can buy at the gift shop at his golf courses.
a few years ago I saw a tweet that said "does Donald Trump actually enjoy golf, or does he just play it because it's a rich person thing to do?" and that question has haunted me ever since
idk anything about golf but i do remember watching a short video about trump cheating at golf (forget the name but its here on you tube) theres an interview where a guy who knew trump, plays golf in that crowd, explains that golf is a game played Among Friends so if you would cheat at golf - why would i do business with you ?
i woudn't say that he plays golf but as he is lazy as 💩 & mendacious in nature no doubt, golf, he enjoys it. 🤷
Nobody has ever enjoyed golf. Not even once.
It's like how he covers all of his living spaces in gold. He does the things he thinks rich people re supposed to do. A poor person's idea of a rich person. Which is especially foolish because he was raised rich.
Lol
@@JackgarPrime The word narcissist is thrown at anyone disagreed with these days, because it's a component within all of us. Those of us who never grow beyond it but operate from it, even if stupid, will develop a fine sense of how people are supposed to act. They are rarely spontaneous and cruise along as 'champions of mediocrity'.
I've often been accused of being humorless, but I tend not to react out of spite in response to bad jokes made at my expense.
By contrast, Donald Trump decided to casually sabotage an entire government and stoke the fires of pointless armed rebellion out of spite and greed. That is the apex of humorlessness.
You have a point, however I tend to believe that we was just a locus/lens/focal point/hose nozzle/etc. for what was already there on the right.
Look at the right for at least the past ~40 years, and it seems like they've wanted to run the govt. into the ground so it only worked for them and their chosen, while you have a left that seems to be willing to let it happen because if you call out what's happening in an angry tone of voice, it might upset someone.
or perhaps he has the greatest humor of all time!
@@sentryogmixmaster No.
@@Blackheathenly womp womp
He took the run as a joke too far
Trump's frozen face during that correspondence dinner. What a sensitive baby. Seth Meyers once pointed out that his goading may be the reason we had to suffer the Trump presidency.
If they invent a time machine I will figure out a way to get rich only so. I can go back in time and sit next to him at that dinner. Delicious... And im not talking about the menu choices.
That embarrassing roasting Trump got, made him take out his revenge on America. And revenge he did.
It's not as if he didn't have it coming!
Why are we always subjected to and assailed by the whims of the humorless?
Between him and the Apartheid Manbaby Elon Musk...
Trump was fuming after Seth roasted him. It’s was a revenge move to run.
He pandered to the lowest common denominator and it worked. Some of them still avoid the truth and support trump.
I still think that Correspondents Dinner made Trump want to be president as revenge. He's exactly that petty.
Considering how many of his efforts as President were aimed towards erasing, downplay or taking credit for alot of Obama's policies and how he was trying to shift the blame towards Obamas staff for the lackluster performance of his own presidental staff, it's safe to say that revenge was a big factor.
Imagine being a New Yorker. We were aware of him in the 80s. We were wary of him in the 90s. On the day the towers fell, he bragged about now owning the tallest building in NYC, because his competition in that regard, lay in ruins. We were done with him. It doesn't matter how many Pizza Hut commercials he made, or how his reality TV show did in the ratings or his unfathomable ascent to the highest office in the land, or even how he performed as POTUS. We saw his true colors on 9/11. He was, is and always will be a creature with a black heart, and no empathy or concern for anyone but himself. New York tried to warn the country in 2016 not to let him near the presidency, but...
Trump is done, but Trumpism is a stubborn stain that must be removed from the halls of power if we ever want our government to work for its citizenry again. We must vote them all out until they are gone, and we must marginalize and disavow anyone using his playbook.
Well said.
Same here. As someone who grew up in Manhattan with a father who works in management for a building maintenance and restoration firm. As a child I too heard a dozen or more stories about Trump and his habit to just refuse to pay contractors that did work on his properties. Choosing to sue them instead of making the payment all or in part. Everything from roofers to artists from which he commissioned casino sculptures.
His reputation here was ruined long before he was president.
Agreed. Coming from a similar environment (the streets of Boston) I also became aware of his wannabe-ness way back when. What gets me is how so many of my friends, family and fellow Bostonians failed to see through his facade, and many still don't. Sad, really!
We really did try but they were not trying to hear us. They made him their LITERAL savior and from there it was over. "He's different" "He's not a career politician." He's a career con man...
"Trumpism" is the core of Republican values... just expressed a little more openly than in the years leading up to Trump
He should have just stuck with being a reality tv star, the one thing that he is actually good at.
WTF??? he was bad at that job , too. The entire show was a LIE, staged for dramatic effect. Even the big boardroom where most of the show was shot was in a studio miles from Trump Tower. Oh, and the Billionaire Trump was never a BILLIONAIRE and needed the income from the show to keep himself out of BANKRUPCY.
No, he was bad at that, in that he kept going into the changing rooms of the Miss Teen America pageant and being a voyeur and a molester.
He should have been aborted, there, I said it.
Actually, the ratings for the Apprentice were starting to drop. Many in the country were becoming tired of his shtick. Those of us who did know him, knew he was scripted to sound smarter than he was. His only real contribution was "you're fired".........and it was so wonderful when the majority of this country said that to him.
He wasn't so great at that either.
I remember arguing with my dad so many times about Trump's golfing.
Lmao, what is there to argue, he did an awful lot of golfing.
didnt take as many vacay days as biden has alreay
@@krisanderson3796 "Whataboutism" is not a real argument, it's just a rhetorical fallacy. Politics is decision-making, government allocation of funds, resources and status. It's who gets what and who gets treated which way. It's not some empty team sport.
More importantly, this is an anarchist channel. I'm not a Democrat or a liberal. This is not some pro-Biden Democratic stronghold. Nobody around here loves Joe Biden enough for him to be their guy. This doesn't even work as some kind of gotcha. Even the liberal Democrats who watch my videos don't love Biden the way MAGA cultists love Trump. They don't get personally offended by whataboutism as much because they haven't attached their egos and sense of worth to a man.
You have made two comments under this video so far, and both have been stunningly ignorant. You're not on Twitter arguing with Occupy Democrats here. Few will care enough to reply except me, the person running the channel.
@@renegadecut9875 amazing response, arguably wasted energy but eh
Note: He doesn't golf. He cheats at golf.
My favorite picture of 2016 was his entire room erupting into cheers and staff jumping out of their seats as they realized Trump was going to be president.
All except for one guy in the room with his hand on his face and an almost irritated look in his eyes; Trump himself.
Same here!!
Melina cried too
I thought he looked shocked but had to accept the assignment, even without qualifications?
It's like "The Producers" of political campaigns: "Where did we go right?!"
@@louisduarte8763 this 1000% 😂💀