I really really hope he is not nominated. Politics as life has a large element of chance to it. Something might happen to our candidate, or world events might color the election without time for reason to prevail, etc. This is a game of dice we should not be willing to rush into. As Democrats we should hope that the best Republican in the field is put up. I’m not sure who that might be (this is a really pitiful group this cycle), but I’m sure Trump is not it.
Yes, Trump is not a politician. He is a businessman (who is much more of a failure at that than he would ever admit; amongst his heavily-endowed-at-birth peers he is much much less successful at increasing his fortune than his peers, and he can’t claim that he doesn’t crave after wealth with every fiber of his being, so he should at least rank well if you exclude those with philanthropic goals). But, businessmen rarely, in fact pretty much never, dwell at leading a country, because a country is not a business and if you try to treat it as such you are in for a world of hurt for yourself but especially for those in the country.
Make no mistake: a Trump presidency would be an absolute disaster for America, especially coming just 8 years after the end of that buffoon of a President George W Bush. Internationally, the US would be (rightfully) seen as a flailing country, unable to elect competent leadership. Policy-wise, Trump has already doubled down on some of the most horrendous and disastrous foreign and domestic policies I’ve ever heard serious talk about.