If this man is leading the Repub polls... holy shit, the party is in disarray!
1. Trump has donated to 96 Candidates - 1/2 of which have been Democrats
His 4th Largest Recipient? Harry Ried (NO JOKE!) Now why would a so called "Far Right Wing Birther" spend 1/2 of his campaign contributions pushing Democratic Candidates? They wouldn't - but a savvy businessman who has building interests in many spots (like Chicago, Las Vegas, etc.) would. Trump puts his money where he knows it will pay him back in spades. Ideology doesn't actually exist to that guy.
2. Trump donated $50,000 to Rham Emanual's Chicago Mayoral Campaign
Again - this is purely for business reasons. When you're building skyscrapers in a city - it's nice to know you've put money into the palm of the guy who is going to be the mayor of that city. Does it make good business sense? Yes. Ideological if you're a far right-wing birther? No.. to people who ACTUALLY feel that way - ideology actually comes before business.
3. Rham Emanual's brother Ari is one of Trumps Closest Friends
He's also his hollywood agent from what I've read in a couple of locations. Again - if your ideology is the birther / "I like the blacks OK".. then you probably don't have Ari Emanual as one of your good buddies. Just sayin'...
4. Trump was a registered democrat until 2009 From Democrat to Birther in 2 years? Wow - that's crazy fast!
5. Trump wants to run as a 3rd Party Candidate if he doesn't win GOP nomination And.. with what, 4 or 5 divorces behind him.. he's not likely to pull much of the Social Con Crowd.. and with the Birther stuff (which I think is intentional) - he's not going to pull many of the moderates.. so I don't think he'll get the GOP nod, which pushes him right into the 3rd Party role that I think is where he really wants to be.
To sum things up - I think Trump is helping out Obama behind the scenes. His Job is to run as a Perot against any moderate Republican. He'd lose a ton of money being President and taking a paycut way back to $400,000 / year. He doesn't need the title "President" to sell more books or get more TV Shows. He's already notorious. So, in my opinion - this is about his ego and him having some fun in a "real life" reality TV Show for the next 18 months while he keeps his pal Obama in office. source DU