I don't think anything I said was at all unfair to him. He's had many successes and a few failures (like most people). He made a legitimate name for himself in

I don't think anything I said was at all unfair to him. He's had many successes and a few failures (like most people). He made a legitimate name for himself in the early days building buildings and not just selling t-shirts. I think what sets him apart from other billionaire businessmen is the amount of ego he shows while doing it. There are investors in casinos, golf courses and Manhattan residential buildings who are more successful than Trump who's name we don't know. Also Trump is a bit bombastic about certain topics such as politics, going on and on about birth certificates 4 years after the President was elected. Another person who is similar is Sir Richard Branson, who often jumps out of planes and such in order to make a grand entrance into a press conference, while having several Virgin businesses that outright fail (such as Virgin Charter, the jet timeshare, and Virgin Record Stores) that we don't hear about so much. But Richard Branson doesn't come off as egotistical so much as just a good marketer of himself and his personal brand. I actually agree with you that he is cultivating a brand for rich people, by making the non-rich people look up to him as some type of real estate God. Sure, I bet he has high standards for the multi-million dollar apartments he sells and so no one is getting crap products.