Imagine an oligarch. Imagine a business man so out-of-touch with common society that he has enraged and alienated half of our bordering nations. Imagine a man renown for hypocrisy and hate — the very picture of the “Monopoly Man.” 
Imagine a billionaire with a hotel in every city, and a private, gold-encrusted 747 at his beck and call. This is the same man who claims to be “tough on China” yet manufactures more items in that country every day. There is no way this campaign is a genuine one. 
Four years ago, Mitt Romney ran under the “run the country like a business man” ticket and was trounced easily by Obama to win his second term. Now, Donald Trump is runningwith more or less the same platform, albeit with greater name recognition (if at the expense of actual political experience). 
It would seem more likely that this campaign isn’t genuine at all, but rather a false flag to make his opponents seem reasonable. Trump isn’t a stupid man; that much is clear. Look past his xenophobia and hypocrisy and you’ll see a highly educated man who surrounds himself with the best political advisers that money can buy, and yet he’s still making sweeping generalizations, such as calling Mexicans “rapists” on live television. 
It would seem, then, that all of his moves are indeed calculated — that he never planned on winning in the first place. Why would one of the richest men on the planet want all of this seemingly negative exposure heaped upon his back? We may never know the answer, or it may reveal itself in time. 
Keep in mind that until recently, Trump was a registered Democrat, and likely could have done (comparatively) well running with that field. As the polls stand, he is well in front of the GOP — would he have fared so well if he was running against Hillary Clinton as a Democrat? 
Is his candidacy designed to decrease focus on Clinton, amidst international scandal, in the months before Primary Election season ramps up? I think we can all agree on one thing — the United States would be better off without Donald Trump as President.