Stephanie Cegielski knows Donald Trump. She knows him well.
In fact, Cegielski was brought on last summer to serve as the Director of Communications for Trump’s SuperPac, “Make America Great Again.” Although she worked for the PAC, and not directly for Trump, she met many times with his campaign as she learned more about their goals.
At first she supported the campaign’s efforts. But she soon came to a frightening realization: Trump is only interested in himself and is completely unprepared to be President of the United States.
Slate reports that Cegielski eventually became so alarmed by what she saw in Trump’s campaign that she resigned from her position. She went further than her resignation, though, because she felt that it was important to share her concerns with the public.
My piece in @xojanedotcom today: “An Open Letter to Trump Voters from His Top Strategist-Turned-Defector” https://t.co/3UzIjjTyjz
— Stephanie Cegielski (@SCegielskiPR) March 29, 2016
Stephanie Ceglielski wrote an open letter to Donald Trump, which was published on xoJane. In her letter, Trump’s former advisor wrote:
“Even Trump’s most trusted advisors didn’t expect him to fare this well.
Almost a year ago, recruited for my public relations and public policy expertise, I sat in Trump Tower being told that the goal was to get The Donald to poll in double digits and come in second in delegate count. That was it.
The Trump camp would have been satisfied to see him polling at 12% and taking second place to a candidate who might hold 50%. His candidacy was a protest candidacy.”
That’s right. Ceglielski says that Trump initiated his candidacy to make a point, not to become President. Cegielski’s letter says that Trump ran partly to increase his own power in the business world.
Why am I not surprised at this?
What became even more alarming to Cegielski, and should be alarming to every voter in the nation, is that Trump started to believe his own hype:
“I don’t think even Trump thought he would get this far. And I don’t even know that he wanted to, which is perhaps the scariest prospect of all. He certainly was never prepared or equipped to go all the way to the White House, but his ego has now taken over the driver’s seat, and nothing else matters. The Donald does not fail. The Donald does not have any weakness. The Donald is his own biggest enemy.”
Trump’s former SuperPac Director of Communications now says that his ego is the driver’s seat. She finds him a danger to the country. Further, she says that she is:
“Now taking full responsibility for helping create this monster.”
Of all the information that has come out about Donald Trump, I find this to be among the most frightening.
Stephanie Cegielski knows Donald Trump. That’s why she is working so hard to keep him out of the White House.
Featured image via YouTube screengrab.
