Where exactly did I call Trump an American hero?
And let's not mention this man then became one of 46 people in American history to become POTUS, despite campaigns by the FBI, DOJ, Obama, the media, academia, Hollywood, etc. Plus did an outstanding job as POTUS.
He did all this while being involved with beautiful women and has a beautiful wife. And raised three successful kids and one rising adult.
The man's life is a Hollywood movie.
Combine this with saying he is one of America's greatest success stories, how he's a rebel, and you are pretty much saying he is an American hero.
Zero emotion with me. Facts over feelings.
I'm looking at objective facts, all true, regarding what he has accomplished in life. Did you look at the link I posted earlier showing his hotels, casinos, golf courses, towers, etc. in the U.S. and around the world?
You want to omit his greatest accomplishment--being elected POTUS and his performance as POTUS--when talking about his success? That's silly.
But even if you just focus on what he accomplished before being elected POTUS, it's a list of accomplishments that few people in American history can claim. I get that your only criterion is whether he inherited a bunch of money, but that is really shortsighted. It assumes that everyone who comes from money cannot be considered incredibly successful, even if they greatly multiply what they inherited.
Now if you want to say that someone who comes from money does not have to work as hard as some kid from the projects, I'm all in. Just like I often say that Obama the Waianae High School graduate (in the hood) would have never sniffed the presidency. But Obama the Punahou School graduate (an Ivy League feeder school) had unlimited possibilities. But that's really a different issue.
He is an American success story. He took whatever he got from his father and grew an empire from it.
Here is what Claude had to say:
It's difficult to pinpoint an exact amount that Donald Trump received from his father Fred Trump to start his business empire. However, it's widely acknowledged that he benefited significantly from his father's wealth and real estate business in New York City.
Some key points about Donald Trump's inheritance and financial assistance from his father:
In the 1970s, Fred Trump allegedly lent his son at least $60 million, according to a 2018 New York Times investigation. This provided Donald with a huge amount of capital to reinvest in real estate.
Trump was also reported to have received the equivalent of at least $413 million from his father's business empire over his lifetime, according to the Times report. This was through loans, investment money, and inherited wealth.
Trump has downplayed this assistance over the years, claiming he built his empire with just a "small loan of $1 million" from his father. But most analysts agree the financial help was far more substantial than that.
Through opaque techniques like exploiting loopholes and undervaluing real estate, the Times reported the Trump family may have avoided paying hundreds of millions in gift taxes on money transferred to Donald from his father's empire.
So while an exact dollar figure is difficult to cite, financial experts agree Donald Trump benefited enormously from his father's an initial investment of tens of millions of dollars, if not more, to get his real estate business off the ground. The inherited money gave him a tremendous head start over starting from scratch.
60 million in 1979 (1970s) is equivalent to 247 million dollars today.
Donald Trump did well with that money creating a brand and a business empire worth 2-7 billion.
But no way does that make him one of Americas greatest success stories.
Add this to the context and it puts him even further away:
Mutliple divorces, adultery, admitting to sexual harrassment on tape, under multiple inditments, including fraud, paying hush money, slander and possibly election interference and inciting the capitol riot.
Also, refusing to leave office with dignity when losing the election, being impeached, poor leadership and handling of the COVID pandemic and the riots.
Now his merits as POTUS are not to be dismissed. He did good things for sure. Trade deals, tax cuts, job growth, etc.
But in the spirit of being objective, you can't dismiss his lack of moral character, lack of leadership late in his presidency, and lack of class leaving it. I mean for crying out loud, he talked about how committing sexual assault was ok on tape.
From an "emotional" POV lol, I should want him to go bankrupt with the fraud thing. However, I think its not right and mostly BS.