With his rival Ted Cruz slowly gaining on his numbers, Donald Trump is on the move to restructure his campaign, alleging that the nomination process is unfair, and hiring Paul Manafort and Rick Wiley, prominent and experienced Republican operatives, in order to make his operations more professional.
Considering his previous mistakes, however, such as his relatively disastrous interview where he stated his willingness to punish women who abort their children, speculations have risen that Trump's campaign for the presidency of the United States is ultimately designed to fail.
It is no secret that among the candidates for the 2016 presidential elections, Republican front-runner Trump is the one with the least political background. In fact, since he first announced his candidacy, many have suspected that his presence in the race was simply designed to provide an antithesis to the traditional American politicians in the race.
Indeed, considering his inexperience in politics, that does seem to be the case. Plus, his relatively careless rhetoric in the initial months of his candidacy, such as calling a significant number of illegal Mexican immigrants "rapists" and boldly stating that Sen. John McCain is "not a war hero," did seem a lot like the actions of a candidate who was simply going for the shock value.
After all, over anything else, Trump is a businessman at heart, and each day running for president all but strengthens his already formidable brand. But then, despite the alarming words coming out of his mouth, his ratings started skyrocketing.
If Trump did indeed enter the race to gain attention, American voters sure gave it to him. According to analysts, the overwhelming support from a legion of voters gave Trump the necessary boost to sincerely pursue the presidency.
Despite this, however, and despite the fact that he is a successful business mogul, Trump is nonetheless a very inexperienced politician. Thus, as the campaign continued, his rhetoric became far more radical, with the candidate stating that terrorists' families must be targeted as well, among many.
Stephanie Cegielski, former communications director of pro-Trump super PAC Make America Great Again, even alleged that Trump never really wanted the presidency in the first place.
"Almost a year ago, recruited for my public relations and public policy expertise, I sat in Trump Tower being told that the goal was to get The Donald to poll in double digits and come in second in delegate count. That was it. His candidacy was a protest candidacy," she said.
Considering that the presidency of the United States is an extremely stressful, tiring and almost always a thankless job, it is actually no wonder that Trump really started the race without actually aiming to be president.
However, at this point, he might have already gone far too deep and the only way for him to go is forward.
