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Nothing more? He developed a large chain or restaurants and real estate all over New York and the East Coast before any ‘reality show.’ His or any other. He’s been a self-made billionaire for at least a quarter century.

US mainstream media is based in NYC. They do NOT consider hi a buffoon.

Well, the political media is in DC, very much part of the Beltway establishment. And I think the media does indeed consider him a buffoon, since they keep treating him as a buffoon. And Trump has played the part.

Whatever his accomplishments, people know Trump from the tabloids: the Marla Maples thing, the bankruptcies, the hairpiece, the pro wrestling appearances, the call-ins to the old Howard Stern show where he'd taunt some gossip columnist about stealing his girl, the endless bombast and self-promotion. This isn't a man anyone is turning to for his judgment on serious political matters.

“This isn’t a man anyone is turning to for his judgment on serious political matters.”

But he’s getting the media coverage that eluded the serious military officers and their attorneys, isn’t he? Paragons of virtue and proper behavior don’t attract audiences. The very fact that Trump has received virtually none of the usual “birther” attacks” speaks to how the media knows better than to cross him. The political types in DC answer to the corporate honchos in NYC or Atlanta. I’m thinking the casino magnate holds a LOT of markers.