He's always been a con man. It's just that with him instead of leaving you with an empty bag, he sells you a bag with $20 stuff in it and convinces you it's worth the $100 you paid. So you walk away thinking he's an ok guy. He ran for prez thinking it would improve his brand. He was genuinely surprised when he won. He was even more surprised that despite winning all his friends in the media and all the politicians he'd bought turned against him. Instead of doing what he'd promised on the campaign trail he used the presidency like any corrupt businessman, selling pardons and favors to jews. He didn't want to get re-elected because to him it was a fuckup. Now that 1/3 of the country hates him it's harder to run his cons. So he was relived, if not involved, in the rigged election.