Originally Posted by redietz View Post
Regarding the idea that Trump is a "business genius":

USA Today's business writer just did an analysis of Trump's current actual worth versus what he'd be worth if he had taken what his father left him and invested it with simple compounded interest.
I don't think of Trump as a business person, more along the lines of a self promoter with a large line of credit. The true empire builders tend to stay out of the limelight. Trump came along during the reality TV era and caught the bug hard. When the Kardashians (SP?) are somehow celebrities, is it any wonder that Trump is also? The Presidential race is just an extension of his reality TV show.