Apples and oranges.
Romney had power and we see how he used it. Trump is an arch-capitalist with vision, so what he said as a "player" means much less than what he says as someone who obviously wants to fix the country.
Yes. Because a billionaire television star has no power whatsoever. He couldn't have run for mayor of New York City and exercised power there. He couldnt have run for governor of NYS zone exercised power there.
Poor powerless Donald. He was such a weakling.
And yet we are supposed to believe this poor, powerless, person has the ability to be president.