Lol. Are you a psychologist now? I don’t really care if he’s rich or not, if he got a lot of money from his father or not.
But I care about t he truth, and when I see people frequently cite that he’d make a good president because he’s a really richcheated “self-made billionaire,” It makes me want to tell the truth. Yeah, he’s a successful guy.
But not nearly as successfu, as he brags.
He brags that hes got ten billion. Independent assessments are about two to four billion. Still, lots of money. And who is to quibble?
But from where I come, that kind of exaggerated bragging is called lying.
Ok, he’s a New Yorker. I was born there, I stil l have lots of relatives there. When I moved, I had to learn that that sort of hyperbolic speech is considered lying here. So I am personally very careful to avoid it myself. I try to understate my own “bragging rights” so as not to unintentionally fall into exaggeration. I try to condition my language in contingencies so as not to claim more than is true.
Then there’s the whole “self-made “ thing. If you get a bunch of money or other tangible stuff from your father toward the start of your career, you’re not “self-made.” You’re carrying on the work of your father. Which is an honorable thing! But different from”self-made.”
It’s just a matter of telling the truth. To which trump seems to have an aversion.
And you seem to have a royal hangup in refusing to see that Trump has innumerable qualities that are made for this moment. Have you never heard the old question, Do the times make the men or do the men make the times. Cruz caannot at this time WIN. Trump CAN! Half a loaf is better than none.
The Marines would not accept Audie Murphy because he was too small. The Army accepted him and he became the most decorated hero of WW2 and then he became a movie star.. .
Go ahead and waste your vote on a loser, someone not yet ready for the big time.
Trump building on his family achievements is the American way--indeed the Western way, reflected in what is best in our civilization and heritage.
From Magna Carta on, the concept of building on family achievement has been very central to the ethos. Trump is a builder in more senses than that immediately apparent. And much of what he has been saying--even if sometimes a bit rudely--demonstrates that he really does understand the multi-generational concepts & processes that are the core of the American way.