>>>Some have speculated that Trump knows he has no chance and that he doesn't actually want to be president - but that he's running to "toughen up" some of the Republican candidates. I believe there might be some truth to that.
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>>>The individuals who arguably have the best chance at the nomination are former governors, but are also known for caving in. So I think Trump is there to force them to be tougher and more aggressive. Mitt Romney had a very good chance of winning in 2012, but lost in part because he was not aggressive enough.
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>>Interesting point of view.
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>It's just an opinion/perspective, I obviously can't prove it.
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>I always felt that Trump knew where Obama was born, but forced the issue so that Obama would finally produce the birth certificate. I think Trump wanted to nation to "get beyond" the entire birther issue and he probably felt he could force the Obama camp to finally produce the long form.

I thought there was only a birther issue for the lunatic fringe.
In fact the longer Obama let it play out the better for him as it really brought the crazies out of the woodwork.