McMahon's name is in the news that his mansion has been raided by feds for a sex accusation. Most people that know Vince say he's not a nice guy, so I wouldn't put my hand in fire for the guy. But there are a number of reasons that makes me believe he may be more central to The Plan.
For starters, DJT followed only 45 individuals on Twitter when he was President. Vince McMahon was one of them. Why? Because they grappled in the ring for a WWE event?
If you recall at the 2016 Republican convention, DJT's entry was almost identical to that of a WWE wrestler. Many commentators even made the comparison. Was he already foreshadowing at the time?
But here is the most important reason, why the White Hats may have tapped the skills of McMahon since the start. He's simply the best in the world in creating semi reality TV.
Vince took a wrestling federation that fought in school gyms into a multi billion enterprise. Vince can take a dull nobody, and instantly turn them into an beloved hero or hated villain. There have been countless wrestling association wannabes, but nobody could come close to the story telling that Vince exhibited in the WWE. Vince's storytelling in the WWE has always blurred the lines between reality and fiction. If a wrestler had an upset in their own personal life, Vince would often use this bit of real life information to add on to the storyline in WWE.
Q said that great actors make a good movie, but a story teller is equally important. Vince has spent over 40 years writing scripts of underdogs, betrayals, redemption, villains that win by cheating, and glorious comebacks. As there are numerous events that unravel, it is necessary that a master storyteller has a key part of directing the story. How can Covid be used to reveal the real nature of the medical industry? How can the Ukraine War teach us about foreign influence in US politics?
How will a Democrat favorite like Barak Obama eventually turned into an evil heel in the view of most Americans? This kind of script writing is not likely to be done by a US General or a special forces soldier. This kind is something that will be done by a reality\fiction storyteller, and love him or hate him Vince is the best there is.
THEORY - I would say Mark Burnett. No disrespect at all for Vince McMahon at all.
Like artists Vince is like Andy Warhol Mark is like Michelangelo
Yet one cannot discount the close relationship with Burnett from the TV. days
Here is an excerpt from the New Yorker ( yea,I know ) but think about it.
Trump had been a celebrity since the eighties, his persona shaped by the best-selling book “The Art of the Deal.” But his business had foundered, and by 2003 he had become a garish figure of local interest—a punch line on Page Six. “The Apprentice” mythologized him anew, and on a much bigger scale, turning him into an icon of American success. Jay Bienstock, a longtime collaborator of Burnett’s, and the showrunner on “The Apprentice,” told me, “Mark always likes to compare his shows to great films or novels. All of Mark’s shows feel bigger than life, and this is by design.”
Cut to: June, 2015. After starring in fourteen seasons of “The Apprentice,” all executive-produced by Burnett, Trump appeared in the gilded atrium of Trump Tower, on Fifth Avenue, to announce that he was running for President. Only someone “really rich,” Trump declared, could “take the brand of the United States and make it great again.” He also made racist remarks about Mexicans, prompting NBC, which had broadcast “The Apprentice,” to fire him. Burnett, however, did not sever his relationship with his star. He and Trump had been equal partners in “The Apprentice,” and the show had made each of them hundreds of millions of dollars. They were also close friends: Burnett liked to tell people that when Trump married Knauss, in 2005, Burnett’s son Cameron was the ring bearer.
Just sayn'
Mark Burnett built that Boardroom that played so prominently in The Apprentice.
The Trump organization didn't have anything like that before the TV show.
Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts had just declared bankruptcy in 2004 as well https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6556470
so I think it's fair to say without The Apprentice no President Trump.