Is it fair to blame Democrats for the rise of Trump? (hexbear.net)

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[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

what convinced him to run

Naw, Trump had run for president before in 2000 as part of the Reform Party, but didn't make it past the primary. He'd talked about being president as far back as 1988. He told some press in 2004 he'd run, but decided against it because he thought Gore and Bush would beat him in either primary.

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