I acknowledged that when I said "he might only have $8 billion instead of $10 billion". We're talking about a presidential candidate here, not a ruthless business man - the kind a lot of voters don't trust. I don't trust Trump. You don't have to be ruthless to be successful in business. Of the ones I know, the best businessmen aren't ruthless. I avoid the ones that are.
When you start playing in the big leagues, you better be ruthless or you will have everything taken from you.
A small business under say 20 million is one thing. When dealing with sharks in the hundreds of millions, or billions, you better have your shark proof suit on, if not, you will be stripped naked pretty damn quick.