CIA: Trump Never Wanted to Win, You Know

What happens when kayfabe works too well and voters aren’t in on the joke?

We’re not talking 2020. Trump’s desire to win that election has been amply demonstrated, principally by his year-plus of vehement denials of the validity of Joe Biden’s victory, to include embracing bizarre conspiracy theories which rank among the strangest ideas to ever pass through the Oval Office.

But what about 2016? The first time. Did Trump really …