A former strategist for a pro-Donald Trump Super PAC claimed in a
shocking column that even the GOP front-runner himself was surprised at
his electoral success and never had any real intention of being
President.
"I don't think even Trump thought he would get this far. And I don't
even know that he wanted to, which is perhaps the scariest prospect of
all," wrote Cegielski, former communications director for the
Trump-aligned "Make America Great Again" Super PAC.
Stephanie Cegielski, who worked as communications director for the pro-Trump Super PAC, penned a shocking article in which she said Trump had no intention of really being President. |
"Trump never intended to be the candidate. But his pride is too out of control to stop him now.”
Cegieslki went on to say she’s convinced Trump “doesn’t want the White House.”
"He certainly was never prepared or equipped to go all the way to the
White House, but his ego has now taken over the driver's seat, and
nothing else matters," added Cegielski in her column published five
months after the "Make America Great Again" PAC was shuttered.
The Trump camp fired back immediately.
“She knows nothing about Mr. Trump or the campaign and her disingenuous
and factually inaccurate statements in no way resemble any shred of
truth,” a spokeswoman said. “This is yet another desperate person
looking for their fifteen minutes.”
In her column, Cegielski said she "fell in love" with Trump's candidacy
in 2015 due to his straight-talking, no-nonsense style and his
"business background" and was recruited for the high-profile
communications job shortly thereafter.
But she was dissuaded by the temperamental titan's repeated foreign
policy gaffes, writing that the last straw was Trump's tweet following
the terror attack Sunday in Lahore, Pakistan that left at least 72
people dead.
"Another radical Islamic attack, this time in Pakistan, targeting
Christian women & children. At least 67 dead, 400 injured. I alone
can solve," the mogul tweeted Sunday afternoon — a statement Cegielski
blasted as "ridiculous, cartoonish" and "almost childish."
"This is not how foreign policy works. For anyone. Ever," she wrote.
"Superhero powers where 'I alone can solve' problems are not real. They
do not exist for Batman, for Superman, for Wrestlemania and definitely
not for Donald Trump."
Cegielski, whose LinkedIn profile describes her as an adjunct professor
at NYU teaching courses in "reputation management," and as a consultant
at Cegielski Communications Group, urged voters to help "stop this
campaign in its tracks."
After two months of primaries and caucuses, Donald Trump has emerged as the GOP presidential front-runner. |
"I am now taking full responsibility for helping create this monster —
and reaching out directly to those voters who, like me, wanted Trump to
be the real deal," she wrote, pointing to her belief that Trump is
simply a television "character" whose 2016 bid is merely an extension of
his TV and real estate-fueled celebrity.
"I wanted Trump to be real," wrote Cegielski, who, along with the Trump
campaign itself, did not immediately respond to the Daily News' request
for comment on her story. "He is not."
"The problem with characters is they are the stuff of soap operas and
sitcoms and reality competitions — not political legacies," she said.
"Trump made me believe. Until I woke up."
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