As his signature theme song from Air Force One plays in the background, Donald Trump treads on the podium for his victory speech. As he speaks, I put myself in his position, a billionaire, TV personality, real estate king, no direct political experiences, impudent, grandiose, has reputation for being a narcissist and misogynist and wondered is there any other way to become the POTUS against Hillary Clinton other than being Trump. It certainly didn’t work for Bernie Sanders who sounded like a legit democratic socialist who vouched for increasing minimum wage rage to $15/hr from $12, voted against the Iraq War, ban fracking and impose tax on carbon to aggressively control climatic changes all of which Clinton …show more content…
He was born into a rich family with the then real estate mogul Fred Trump as his father. And things were always competitive around the house. If you win, you are the ‘Killer’ and if you lose, you are nothing but an embarrassment. His self-definition is built around the very idea that you have to be unassailable to survive. And his energy was too much to handle even for Fred that he was sent to the toughest school, New York Military Academy for discipline. But that was not enough to hold the Trump horse. Soon after college, he entered the Manhattan real estate, which even his father didn’t dare to do, under the mentorship of the notorious Roy Cohn. Under Roy he became so resilient and counter-attack became his first move to his competitors. Hit them at their weakest spot with a force that makes them regret for messing with him. And if you lose, proclaim victory loudly. To Trump there was no such thing as bad publicity. In fact he dwelled and thrived in bad publicity. In the following years, he made sure that the Trump name echoed across America streets in such a way that the banks resorted to not seize his assets as they were worthless without his name on it at the time of his …show more content…
But he took his time to strike at the right moment. And the timing and political scenario he chose was bullseye. He chipped in at a time when middle class American’s economic scale was sliding, foresaw the fall of Sanders and a weak competition in the Republican Party. In fact his nomination was the hostile takeover of Republican Party. And he chose to compete as himself and not how others want him to be. In 17 months Donald broke every rule of American Politics. He grew up as a tough and loud businessman and great at making people succumb to his deals. He blurted out things he felt and never apologized as that would signify that he’s backing from his personal stand due to fear of others. And that he felt was a sign of a weak leader. He had the guts to hold his chin high and accept that he did say something offensive. And this trait of Donald somehow resonated among his supporters. He was a great salesman and marketed himself as a leader who is tough to crack and someone who actually says what he believes in (even though how brutal his thoughts are). On the other hand, they saw deception in Hillary (and again not in Sanders) especially when WikiLeaks and the FBI pounded her at the very last moment. His business expertise to gain publicity by all means clearly helped in getting widespread notice. He gathered the support of people who despise the system, turned people against media (who were interested in