To be a president you have to have an ego. What motivates it is another story. Here are the presidents I remember in my lifetime:
Kennedy: Altruistic - driven by family pressure to be great
Johnson: Driven by fate - did not like Kennedy but felt he had to continue his work
Nixon: Driven by losses and a bit narcissistic - will hang on til last second
Ford: Not enough ego - fate put him there
Carter: A nice guy who really thought niceness could win
Reagan: Another altruistic guy who I believe really thought he knew best
Bush 1: His turn - not egotistical enough
Clinton: A wheeler dealer - narcissistic but practical (knew when to fold them)
Bush 2: a bit of a puppet of Cheney and the GOP - toward the end was finding his swagger.
Obama: the chosen one - altruistic - the professor
Before we come to Trump
H Clinton: My turn -I worked and slaved my but off- put up with crap and should be rewarded. Being first woman she would want to leave a legacy though.
Donald Trump - I am the best - but unlike Mohammed Ali -more talk than results - golden boy with opportunistic tendencies - everything revolves around me - willing to throw anyone under the bus if it makes him look good. Not sure he really cares about America - just that he is best for America no matter what. a Realty TV show in the White House.
That is why I did not vote for him - not that Hillary was much better - but being the first woman would have forced her to be a better president.
Trump does not care - except about himself.
