Thanks. Yeah I saw that. I don't think there's any doubt that back in 2012 trump wanted a seat at the republican party table to influence the selection of a winning candidate. Including him possibly being a candidate. Now if he had created the Donald J trump for President PAC back in 2012 then I would I agree with you 100%. The basis of his future PAC was for "promoting public awareness of political issues". Not anything to do with campaigning or electing anyone.
But there's plenty of literature such as a link I posted that he reluctantly made the choice to run. And Melania really really didnt want him to run, lol.