Did Trump Run for President Because of Gwen Stefani? The latest theory as to why Donald Trump br ran for president comes from none other br than filmmaker Michael Moore. Moore recently told The Hollywood Reporter that Trump ran for president because of Gwen Stefani. While Stefani was a judge on The Voice, br she was getting higher performance br fees than Trump was on The Apprentice. Because of this, Trump decided to show the br network that he was more popular than Stefani br by running for president, according to Moore. Michael Moore, br via The Cut Moore is currently promoting his br newest film, Fahrenheit 119, a political documentary about the 2016 presidential br election and the presidency of Donald Trump. The filmmaker claims that the documentary br will be the "beginning of the end for Trump.