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Both grew up during the early days of television and it seems both craved the kind of attention they saw people getting on TV. LHO toyed with communism and demonstrations to get attention, even moved to Russia but found out the commies weren't really interested in the loser so he moved back to Texas. Like many Texans, he learned to hate that damn librul JFK.
Drumpf inherited a fortune so he could do whatever he wanted. Didn't have to work or learn anything. Self-promotion and self-aggrandizement were this rich kid's way of getting the attention he craved; it's still all he really knows.
LHO's big opportunity knocked in the days leading up to the JFK visit to Dallas. LHO found out the motorcade route would pass right by his workplace and the alarm bells went off in his head. This was his big chance to become the center of the universe with TV cameras and everything! He was gonna be somebody big after all.
I doubt somebody with a grand conspiracy would risk it all on someone as unpredictable as LHO who was liable to spill the beans, say or do anything to get attention.
November 22, 1963 
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
tldr; Desperate little man desperately seeking attention and fame is presented with the opportunity of a lifetime and he takes it.
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