Here's my professional assessment and speculation. . .
- Trump ran for publicity.
- He said a few controversial things that stuck and he took it a bit more seriously.
- He realized he could thrive by bullying and reiterating key vague policy positions that play to enough of the base to put him in front.
- With self-funding and still not sure he's guaranteed to win, since he's so divisive, he's only barely developed some of his positions because he's seen he can keep the formula and still stay in first.
- If he wins and he collects public donations, he will:
- assemble a masterful team that will help him develop advanced, specific positions that are more moderate to get more middle-of-the-road voters.
- pick an experienced politician with respected positions as VP to make up for his lack of experience and policy knowledge (somewhat like Obama/Biden).
- relentlessly shyt all over numerous horrible things that people barely hold Hillary accountable for in a meaningful way, i.e. Bill's affairs, Benghazi, Wall St ties, emails
- easily pick apart her positions that have "evolved" over the years, thus crushing any criticism of him evolving on positions.
In my eyes, this is Mike Tyson vs. Buster Douglas. Trump is going to look good and win.