Trump reveals his true motivation.
In his 1987 best-seller “The Art of the Deal,”
“One thing I’ve learned about the press is that they’re always hungry for a good story, and the more sensational the better. … The point is that if you are a little different, or a little outrageous, or if you do things that are bold or controversial, the press is going to write about you,”
“Sometimes they write positively, and sometimes they write negatively. But from a pure business point of view, the benefits of being written about have far outweighed the drawbacks,” he continued.
In his 2005 book “Master Apprentice”: “If I get my name in the paper, if people pay attention, that’s what matters.”
Dallas rally, September 2015:
“On Fox and CNN they call it all Trump all the time. And by the way, their ratings are through the roof. If they weren’t, they wouldn’t cover me, I’ll be honest. It’s a very simple formula in entertainment, in television. If you get good ratings. If you get good ratings, and these aren’t good, they are monstrous then you are going to be on all of the time, even if you have nothing to say.”
And he is the top choice of the GOP offerings.