Trump admits fame drove his desire to be president in new book

In an interview with the New York Times' Maggie Haberman for her forthcoming book, "Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America," former President Donald Trump revealed why he chose to run for office. #CNN #News

[polardiscoball]

Smart men don't tell you how smart they are. Rich men don't tell you how rich they are.Tough men don't tell you how tough they are, Honest men don't tell you how honest they are. Con men do.

[DarthMR]

Fame is the fuel for any narcissist. He is no different. He's just a dangerously malignant narcissist.

[JayJay-hxnc]

When getting what you wanted causes you to lose what you had.

[lacteur]

His definition of fame is our definition of infamy.

[KA-eusy]

He sought fame. Lawsuits, arrests, indictments. Infamy.

[psychonaut]

When your friendship is a secret, they are not your real friends. 😬

[couragekarnga]

Well, we all knew that! I'm betting he deeply regrets the day he came down that escalator. For the record, so do we!

[BrianWardPlus]

It's like he read the list of the seven deadly sins and decided, "hey, that's me!"

[JerseyPB]

He also thinks his dementia test was an IQ test. He becomes more dangerous than we thought each week!

[zdenekzdenek]

Narcissism drives anything he does all his life. He is most pitiful person in the world.

[alankirby]

It wasn’t fame it’s was greed and power. He saw a opportunity to make money out of position.

[spinewrenched]

Well CNN his fame stays strong because he has been your number 1 top subject since 2015!! He is literally all you guys talk about! You are obsessed!! He holds no office! Talk about something else for once, please!! You are keeping him in the spotlight like no one else. Just stop helping him!!!

[treasonuniversity]

"With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon."
-Albert Einstein

[nutellapancake]

He didn’t need to admit it. We knew it was about fame all along.

[kaijjukaijju]

FAME IS WHAT IS GOING TO BRING HIM DOWN... AND EVERYONE WILL KNOW ABOUT ALL THE SH*T HE'S DONE.

[carriesealy]

Not surprised at all. He had no idea what he was getting into. You could tell by the look on his face when he won. He couldn’t believe it himself 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[pattyk]

It had to be for fame because it wasn’t for love of country.

[redmoondesignbeth]

Life is so fickle sometimes. Yes. He will be one of the more famous people in history, but not in the way he expected.

[supermarioisacat]

It's astounding that _anyone_ could consider him a viable candidate after his endless criminality. He should not only be excluded from ALL public office he should be indicted, prosecuted, found guilty and put into PRISON.

[biggtrux]

"Fame." Actually a marketing stunt that backfired spectacularly. And leave it to the orange skid mark to totally f*ck it up even more.