Trump’s political career has been in the works since the Russians started grooming him in the 1980s. He formed an exploratory committee to run as a reform party candidate in 1999 but decided not to run when he polled at less than 10%.
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His run in 2016 coincided with a perfect storm of white grievance following the Obama administration, an extremely weak slate of Republican candidates, and the Democratic nomination of Hillary Clinton, who had been trashed as a boogeyman by right wing media and Republicans for the preceding 25 years
I agree with you - if I had a billion dollars, I would either find constructive ways to give it away (libraries, medical research, low income housing, mental health, etc.) or fuck off to someplace beautiful and never bother anyone with my stupid ideas ever again
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