@#114 ... He's an old, washed up game show host. ...
Funny thing.
Yesterday I was changing some scripts on my home network. After making a change, I had some time to kill while I waited for the script to finish So I turned on the TV.
What came up but an old TV episode (Suddenly Susan, or something like that) from 1996 that had a cameo of then private citizen Trump. The dialog seemed to indicate they actors were presented him with an opportunity. The opportunity read, ~Trump for President 1996.~
OK, needless to say, I did a double-take.
So fast-forward to now. I find this...
Secret police file: Trump sure of presidential win _ in 1996 (January 2017)
apnews.com
... Nearly 30 years ago, Donald Trump was confident he would win the U.S. presidential election -- as an independent in 1996, according to recently uncovered files from Czechoslovakia's Communist-era secret police.
Czechoslovakia was the home nation of Trump's first wife, Ivana, a model, athlete and businesswoman who became the mother of his three oldest children: Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric. ...
OK, that's all I saw about that.
But in my exploration, I found this...
A look back at Trump's first run (2015)
thehill.com
... t was a fascinating campaign swing. There was "The Tonight Show" and Michael Bolton. There was a reception in a swank hotel where those attending stuffed food in their pockets and where two guys hired escorts to be their dates in order to appear classy. The next day, there was a museum event and a Tony Robbins pay-for-play, pump-it-up event complete with pyrotechnics that we in the media watched to see if they would ignite the candidate's hair on fire.
It was 1999, and Donald Trump was running for president, sort of, in what now can be cast as his dress rehearsal for the current effort. Almost all that he has showed in 2015 was very clear during those few months of 1999.
Few paid attention then.
In 1999, Trump quit the Republican Party to join the Reform Party and seek that party's presidential nomination. As he used to say back then about women around the world, he clearly believed "he had a shot" at the nomination -- and he just may have. ...
