In the classic movie “Key Largo,” a character played by Humphrey Bogart confronts a gangster named Johnny Rocco. The Bogart character asks the question, “What does Rocco want?’ He answers the question himself–“More!” Rocco agrees.
If you were to ask the same question of Trump, which is completely appropriate, given his ethics and enthusiasm for gangsters, what would he say? The answer would be “Power.” Having power proves that he is the man, and everyone else isn’t. It gives him the ability to exact revenge on his enemies. It forces people who think they are better than he is to suck up to him. It makes him the center of attention at all times. It proves that those people in Manhattan who were contemptuous of him all of those years were wrong.
It has everything to do with his own emotional needs, and nothing to do with the best interests of the country, which are of no concern to him whatsoever.