The article says based on Trump's own words, the interest was coming from Trump. As I just commented Trump has long thought about running for President.
At the dinner, Trump said he was "asking Joe lots of questions about the military" and, during the course of that conversation, said he was mulling running for president.
Trump said he told Dunford: "I don't know. What do you think? Should I give it a shot?"
He didn't say whether Dunford encouraged him, but added that "he helped me form an opinion, he gave me lots of information" on the workings of the military and the duties of the commander-in-chief
The article says based on Trump's own words, the interest was coming from Trump. As I just commented Trump has long thought about running for President.