I don't like the way he treats people, but you are just flat out wrong about his success. He definitely had a big head start, but he took that head start and multiplied it by orders of magnitude. He turned his daddy's money into one of the most successful brands in American history. He turned that success into becoming the most powerful man on the planet.
You and others can keep trying to speak his failure into existence, but it's not going to work. What he has done and continues to do is incredible, particularly given "the resistance."
Trump's six Chapter 11 bankruptcies, humongous debt and a lot of business failures suggest otherwise.
Trump's business failuresTrump Steaks
GoTrump (online travel site)
Trump Airlines
Trump Vodka
Trump Mortgage
Trump: The Game
Trump Magazine
Trump University
Trump Ice (bottled water)
The New Jersey Generals (pro football team)
Tour de Trump (bicycle race)
Trump Network (nutritional supplements)
Trumped! (syndicated radio spot)
Beyond finding that companies owned by Mr. Trump had debts of at least
$650 million, The Times discovered that a substantial portion of his wealth is tied up in three passive partnerships that owe an additional
$2 billion to a string of lenders, including those that hold the loan on the Avenue of the Americas building.Aug 20, 2016
Oct 17, 2017 - President Donald Trump's net worth has fallen by $600 million over the past year, according to the Forbes, and his ranking in the magazine's newest list of the 400 Richest Americans has dropped significantly as well. Specifically, Trump has dropped 92 spots in Forbes' 36th annual “400” list.
Last year the Trump Organization reported nearly $9.5 billion in revenues, but public filings by President Donald Trump suggest that the company actually earned between $600 and $700 million in 2016.