preordained

The idea that Trump — whose prior business ventures include Trump University, which was deemed “fraudulent” by New York authorities; six bankruptcies — five of his casinos and one bankrupty of New York’s Plaza Hotel — and the failed enterprises Trump Shuttle, Trump Vodka, Trump Steaks and Trump Mortgage — would now do a cannonball dive into this sea of documented criminality seems so perfect it’s almost preordained.

This outcome is not natural or preordained.

This was in no way preordained.

“It means that there will be a committee of NBA governors that will focus on it. … I actually am looking forward to that. I think the league, it’s not preordained that we will expand this time, but I know there’s an enormous amount of interest out there”

But it is going to be a long time until November, and the outcome on Election Day is not preordained.