Donald Trump is nothing more than the P.T. Barnum of business: a huckster who thrives on the notion that “there’s a sucker born every minute”…
Sadly, far too many people think Trump would make a good president. They are the suckers to whom he could sell swampland in the Florida Everglades as beachfront property, or discredited degrees from his Trump University as even better than accredited degrees from Harvard.
(Trump for president? Don’t be a sucker, The iPINIONS Journal, April 8, 2011)
The gullibility, if not stupidity, of the American people never ceases to amaze me. For I have been nothing but amazed at the number of them who actually believed Donald Trump’s now-patented puffery about running for president of the United States.
I distinguish this of course from the media which have been covering his political circus act for the same, bottom-feeding reason networks air reality shows like The Jersey Shore: ratings!
What is utterly unforgivable, however, is the extent to which purportedly serious journalists and political pundits bought his schtick hook, line, and sinker. But now that he has officially ended his charade, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who will admit they ever took him seriously.
I have decided that we’re going to continue onward with Celebrity Apprentice. We’re going to continue making lots and lots of money… I will not be running for president as much as I’d like to…
I maintain the strong conviction that if I were to run, I would be able to win the primary and ultimately, the general election… Ultimately, however, business is my greatest passion and I am not ready to leave the private sector.
(TV Guide, May 16, 2011)
Mind you, he scurried with his tail between his legs to make this announcement on Monday in direct and immediate response to executives at NBC threatening to fire him unless he declared his intent to “continue onward”. For there was never any chance that he would be allowed to continue as host and run for president at the same time – despite reports indicating that this would be the case.
Anyway, to paraphrase my opening quote, the only people who will take seriously Trump’s plainly fatuous claim that he’d rather host his self-indulgent game show than become president of the United States are the suckers who believed he was seriously considering a run for president in the first place.
He never had a prayer … and he knew it.
Related commentaries:
Trump for President?…
Trump hailed … as a clown