What do you think is the primary reason TFG stole the documents?

[spooky3]

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	He genuinely believed it was legal and wanted them as souvenirs.
	0 (0%)
	He intended to sell secrets to other countries to enrich himself.
	2 (5%)
	His master, Putin, ordered him to get them and share them.
	0 (0%)
	The Saudis wanted them in exchange for the $$$ they gave various Trumps/Kushners.
	0 (0%)
	He thought they could be leverage to keep himself out of prison.
	0 (0%)
	He wanted to show them off to casual visitors at Merdealardo.
	0 (0%)
	He wasn't sure how he could use them later but wanted to keep options open.
	1 (3%)
	More than one of the above
	34 (87%)
	None of the above
	0 (0%)
	Other (please specify)
	2 (5%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Merlot]

1. All but the first one which is his legal strategy:

"He genuinely believed it was legal and wanted them as souvenirs."

[Autumn]

2. To sell them to other dictators of course.

[viva la]

3. He said something to Kaitlan Collins--

Bitching that they were "negotiating" and then suddenly came the subpoena. "Nixon got $18 million!"
(And they promptly changed the law to keep from getting taken again.)

I think Trump thought if he couldn't sell these to Putin and MBS, he'd be like an art thief and sell it all back to the government. And he actually feels like he's been cheated!

Goodness, he's smut.

[Farmer-Rick]

5. Yup

Since at one time all of our country's most secret of secrets were in his control, he feels those secrets are still all his to shop around for fun and profit.

But he has a really bad memory and can't communicate above a 12 year old level, so he needed the hard copies.

[Iwasthere]

12. Exactly!

And I bet he still feels they are now his get out of jail free card, even now. Ironic

[Blue Owl]

4. Money

[TwilightZone]

6. Vanity

It could certainly be more than that, but Trump's actions are often borne out of ego, especially his more self-destructive ones.

[GreenWave]

7. I suspect he is a klepto too.

[maxsolomon]

8. NARCISSISM.

He's not a complicated guy. He is pathologically self-centered and vain. Everything is about him, always.

Is the document addressed to him? It's his, forever.

He's a toxic clown who wears a clown suit and clown makeup and clown shoes and has clown hair. He's the worst person in America.

[Buckeyeblue]

9. Those documents made him feel powerful

Being able to access any secret and air force one were the two things Trump loved the most about being president. He couldn't take air force one, but he could take the documents.

The fact that he might have sold them or show them to others was about power as well. Money is money. But people buying the documents isn't about finance, it's about power.

[Srkdqltr]

10. Because he could.

[TwilightZone]

11. More accurately, because he -thought- he could.

[Srkdqltr]

13. That too. I think it's that simple.

[underpants]

14. To thumb his nose at the establishment. No one tells him what to do.