In a new twist, will we find that Trump ran for president as safety from Russian mobsters he'd gotten in too deep with? Being POTUS offered him and his family the best protection. An extremely unlikely situation, of course, but I am beside myself laughing at the fact that something like this could actually be true.
Cockups before conspiracy - Trump's life is one long ego-stroke and like a cat, he'll go towards whoever pets him. The dude didn't even have the foresight to look at presidential before'n'after photos. There's nothing on this green earth that would give you the impression 1600 Pennsylvania is an easy address to live in. But he stroked, stroked, stroked his way in there and became the willing fool of anybody who gladhanded him.