I have to disagree here. In his private life he's made and lost a lot of money. Pretty par for the course for large scale real estate developers. But on balance, he made more than he lost, to the tune of several billion dollars. If that's no big deal, then go ahead and do it yourself. No one is stopping you. After all, any moron can do it, right?
What he also did was create a billion dollar brand. Prior to him entering politics, you could slap the brand "Trump" on it, and the real estate value went up. Like him or hate him, that's just a fact. Can anyone do it? Go ahead, start the "Yano" brand, and watch the millions just role in. After all, any moron can do it, right?
When it comes to politics, he distinguished himself from a large group of pretty strong republican candidate in 2015. He was the only guy with the stones to attack the immigration issue, which exposed most of the repubs for uni-party squishes that many conservatives are sick of. Was that a stupid thing to do, was it genius, or was he simply the only guy authentic enough to say what he really thinks? Perhaps the latter.
Right now, a lot of voters are sick of inauthentic crap from our institutions. We're lied to by the media, we're lied to by the FBI, CIA, DHS, CDC, FDA, etc. We're told Biden is "sharp as a tack" and then they do a 180 without even skipping a beat once it's clear he's a vegetable. Now we're told Kamala is a tough on crime prosecutor, was never in charge of the border fiasco, is a brilliant African-American, etc.
Trump exaggerates, sure. But he'll give you his opinion, and people appreciate that. He's authentic. Imperfect yes, but authentic. My FIL, a life-long union Ford autoworker who voted Dem his entire life, voted for Trump both times before he died, and all his union buddies did as well. And they did so, because he spoke directly to them, not down to them, and then did what he said he was going to do.
He said he'd move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem (so did Bush, and Obama), but he actually did it. He said he was going to build a border wall, and did as much as he could despite the uniparty resistance, he said he was going to redo NAFTA and he did it. He said he was going to force China to trade fairly, and took steps to do it. Good heavens, for a lying sack of crap, he actually tried to do what he said he was going to do. And working class people saw that with their own eyes, despite the media telling them the opposite.
Good economy, low inflation, no foreign wars, Abraham accords (peace in Middle East), reduced illegal immigration, high minority employment, reduced trade deficit, reduced taxes. I'll take that kind of failure from 2025-2028.
No party is talking about the deficit, and that slow motion train wreck will be just as painful as a war with China or Russia. And the solution there is going to be no fun for anyone.
