He got to spend many millions of other people's money to run ads with his face on them, and enjoyed many millions more worth of earned media. It's not that stra

He got to spend many millions of other people's money to run ads with his face on them, and enjoyed many millions more worth of earned media. It's not that strange. He certainly wouldn't be on HN otherwise. He has lots of real fans now, even if they aren't enough to win a presidential primary.