Trump admits fame drove his desire to be president in new book

In an interview with the New York Times' Maggie Haberman for her forthcoming book, "Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America," former President Donald Trump revealed why he chose to run for office. #CNN #News

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  1. My favorite line about Trump is that he keeps trying to force himself on America after she clearly told him “NO”.

    1. @couptoo contrecoup I think tRUMP assaulting many more women is far more disgusting and his own daughter, he would date his own daughter.

  2. Trump famously said to a group of reporters at one his airport interviews,
    “I am the smartest person I have ever meant ”
    *What more needs to be said about Donnie* ?😉

    1. @David Matejka Yep however we can’t give up! We have to keep trying to get thru to them! Our country and our children’s lives depends on it!

    2. @tixximmi1 Your finger’s work just as good as mine. Look it up yourself. Everyone with half a brain knows that he’s said that so many times and in so many different way’s we’ve lost count. So you’re supporting a weirdo and the most dangerous traitor in American history and you don’t even know that about him? You don’t even know what kind of mad con man that you are supporting?? Something tells me you’re not much different than him then. Your kind shouldn’t be allowed to vote!!!!

    1. @Potato President 46 Are you being puposely obtuse? Some of his serious criminal behavior(Jan 6 Insurrection-Stealing 10,000 Govt owned documents/papers, at least 100 of those were classified) didn’t start until the latter part of his disastrous 1 term.

    2. @andrew radford Do you know what J6 was about? Why was everyone there? It was because Trump’s election fraud case won overwhelmingly more than it lost in court to reach Pelosi’s alter.

      Pelosi broke her sworn oath of justice for ALL (perjury) by throwing out Trump’s case and disenfranchised 74 million Americans. She broke our democracy and handed Biden an illegitimate presidency. The riot started within 20 minutes of Pelosi walking off the alter and completely breaking our democracy. Where is your integrity for that?

      Every president has kept documents. Obama kept 31 million. Even Hillary kept documents and Biden will too. Again, where is your integrity for Hillary who was responsible for seal team six’s deaths and deleted the corresponding information?

      Until you have the integrity to persecute your own party as much as the GOP, shove it you cultist of blue no matter who.

    1. @Patriotz Finder im just like trump.. free man.. bet that just makes you cry.. not 1 crime.. knowing dems think he has broker every law in the book.. because the fake news told you so.. hmmmm

    2. @tevin long and you want to tell me your not..lol.. your a dem.. scams is all you know.. trump has beat every dem scam all but the election..and we all know that was a scam

    3. @tevin long dems pass laws for a fake sex..trans.. that stomps on womens rights the dems now dont know what a womwen is.. and letting a man in a dress go into tthe womens bathrooms and dressing rooms is a bit to much.. sick

  3. There’s a thin line between being “famous” and being “notorious”. That much became clear while Trump was in office.

    1. Word you are looking for is infamous. Fame, but for a negatively viewed reason. Career felons, school shooters, and serial killers become infamous once their story is made public. A bit of a fault of news media to highlight these people and give them the attention they desperately need to feel noticed.

    2. @Todd Stites So what. Trump already had fame. The left just being their negative self. I don’t buy. And I don’t care. Not important.

  4. Impeachment on what basis though? They haven’t said because they haven’t figured that one out yet. This is to get votes not because they’ll ever have any basis

  5. I still find it hard to believe that someone so unsuitable for high office as Trump was actually became President. I like the British thing where you have to be a sitting Member of Parliament to become Prime Minister. That way you have an experienced Politician in the top job. Having a President who never held any political office whether it be Local, State or Federal prior to gaining the White House is just crazy & America is still dealing with the fallout from Trumps chaotic time in office.

    1. @TW very true,as far as the job goes Trump was wayyy over his head before he even started.He got absolutely nothing accomplished.

    2. @Kelly Baumann Not true. He gave $3.9 trillion in tax payer dollars in the form tax breaks to the top 1% (himself, family and rich pals included).

      So much “winning.”

    3. @1violalass SOrry i meant he was disliked him not long after when people realised he lied like a fish blows bubbles. The uk isnt a fan of liars which is why we hate Trump and Putin and get tired of posh twits like Boris once their exposed as con men. We all like him when he was funny and rode a bike…but the whole cheating on his wife and running off with the secretary didnt go down well…remember wallpaper gate lol

  6. As an independent voter, MAGA has pushed me towards enthusiastically voting for Democrats. The share insanity and criminality shows we cannot allow anyone who supports Trump anywhere near any position of power.

  7. ” Make Accountability Great Again ” Indict Trump, Hold him accountable. Let this nation heal and our people move on.

    1. @tixximmi1 BS! Donny refused his whole pathetic one term to show his tax returns. Practically his whole family worked in the WH perfecting their grifting skills.

    2. @M Hall Ha good one! You obviously only watch far right propaganda media and dismiss any other. Donny should know he’s gonna get indicted when his old buddie and former fox guy Judge Napolitano said he regrets to say Donny will be indicted!

    3. Yes let’s move on with higher fuel prices higher food prices higher cost of living prices higher everything hey I have a bright idea maybe we should just all go electric?

    4. @andrew radford I know but you have to ask why he did that. That’s where he outsmarts you. If Trump says no to taxes, then the left will rant and rave to get those tax papers. Trump wants that. Why? So it will be easier to make that mandatory with ALL politicians and family members. Trump guides the process. He doesn’t care who sees his taxes. There’s nothing there. So you keep getting mad andrew and make sure all you liberals insist Presidents have to give there taxes over. Because guess who’s next. Obama, Biden and Clinton. Trump, once again, outsmarts all of you. You fell for it. And Trump does have speeches that claim what I said is correct.

    5. @andrew radford And as for family working at WH, Name me a President in the last 60 years that didn’t have a relative, family member or very close friend. Can’t do it.

    1. @Shannon Brown Yes I’ve heard most of what he’s talked about. I’ve been following Trump since the mid ’80s. But all of that is moot. You didn’t get it now did you?

    2. @tixximmi1 For the record until Trump ruined the party I was a Republican. It isn’t just Democrats who don’t like him. For the record I can’t stand him, and many of my Republican friends can’t either. If you are fond of him send some more money for his “fundraising” campaigns. When they go after him for his fraudulent fundraising and he pleads the 5th you might not find it so funny after you sent money since the joke will be on you, not the banks!

    3. @Shannon Brown Rino not Republican. Trump is approaching a 80% like in the polls. If you were a Republican then what were you in favor of? Shannon why can’t you be honest?

    4. @Shannon Brown The party ruined the party. Trump saved it. I would be more concerned with the future of the Democrat Party. But after the storm it would be nice to see you back. 🙂

  8. STOP CALLING HIM THE PRESIDENT. YOU’VE HAD TIME ENOUGH TO LEARN HOW TO REFER TO THE TRUMPENFUHRER! Geeze this is SO ANNOYING!

  9. It’s astounding that _anyone_ could consider him a viable candidate after his endless criminality. He should not only be excluded from ALL public office he should be indicted, prosecuted, found guilty and put into PRISON.

    1. @tixximmi1 Lots of criminality. Indictments coming soon!! And likely convictions! Do you watch nothing but news- max and OAN/trump tv? And because his narcissism won’t allow him to just stfu until he’s indicted he keeps self incriminating. He has so much legal liability right now from his Mar-a-lago-Gate Espionage scandal to the Georgia case to the Jan6th Inciting an insurrection.

  10. I saw this headline and thought “Well duh”….that’s driven everything he’s ever done. Fame, Money, Power. I can’t believe people think he actually cares about anything else.

  11. The David Letterman chrump interviews were fun, interesting, ….and…..revealing too..well worth the watch 👍🏻

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