So who thinks there is any truth to the rumor that at the GOP convention Trump will step down?

[CincyDem]

5. Image if this is his "ultimate" deal

Every deal maker, especially one with such a spotted track record at Trump, is looking for that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

My guess is that he's in much more dire financial straights than he lets on. Not dire is all relative and his hundred million or two would probably satiate the financial needs of virtually every American. But not Donald.

While he may have a couple hundred million in the bank, it's possible he's got a negative net worth. Remember the joke about Marla Maples and him walking past a homeless begger in NYC. Marla chuckled at the man's predicament and Donald said something like "don't laugh - his net worth is about 500 million better than our"...referencing the fact that he was in the hole on a lot of deals.

What if this is just a job to him. And the payoff is that his debts get washed out. Big R donors step into buy him out of crapshit projects at amazing prices, knowing that what they really bought was the circus of the primaries.

They hired a clown. He played his part. He got his paycheck. In the end, money trumps ego for him.