Want to Build a Brand? Run for President.

One of these days, either before or after Orange Shithead (OS) announces that he will or won’t run again in 2024, some political pundit or journalist will take the trouble to point out that Trump’s ability to win national elections is about as good as his ability to make a buck in the airline business.

Remember Trump Shuttle? This was a fleet of 17 planes that ran between New York City and Boston or D,C, from 1989 until 1991, when Trump defaulted on the company’s debt and the whole deal fell apart.

Now we have a detailed interview and Trump snow-job in New York Magazine where he says that he can’t believe how many people want him to run again. “The enthusiasm and the crowds are bigger than they have ever been,” he says, “I made America great again and I may have to do it again.”

He may ‘have to do it’ again. Do what? Convince a bunch of putzes like that three-percenter jerk who showed up at last week’s Select Committee hearing and explained why he came to D.C. on January 6th to make sure that the fraudulent election was overturned?

Trump has been the POS/GOP candidate in two national elections. In 2016 he received 46.09% of the popular vote. In 2020 he received 46.86% of the popular vote. Obama won two national elections and each time received more than 50% of the popular vote. So did George Bush…