Why Is Donald Trump Successful
Donald Trump is successful. No-one doubts that. He is an American media personality, real estate developer, and businessman with a net worth of between $3.9 billion and $10 billion, depending on who’s calculating it.
One thing to say about Donald Trump, introduced as “businessman’ at the Republican presidential debates, is that he is anything but ‘unpolitical’.
Trump, whose dad was a real estate developer, was marinated in politics from childhood. Trump's father, Frederick Christ "Fred" Trump, made a sizable fortune by building and selling housing for American soldiers and their families in World War II. It was at his father's real estate company that Donald got his start in business. In 1971, he took control of his father's apartment rental …show more content…
He is probably the most famous American billionaire. His TV show, The Apprentice, ran for 14 years and he sealed his reputation as a brilliant negotiator and as a result, he has received three times the coverage as all other Republican candidates put together.
The Independent once wrote that Trump speaks on the level of a 4th grade child, which makes it easy to understand his message. And Psychology Today wrote: With terror attacks making headlines across the world, Americans feel uneasy and want to trust someone. "Perhaps Mr. Trump's seeming narcissism provides people with the feeling that if he were in charge, someone would know what they're doing — and reduce anxiety.”
Another aspect that helped Trump being successful is that he had a ready-made constituency. During the Obama presidency, Republican voters have been increasingly disenchanted with the party’s leaders. They were frustrated when, despite Republican capture of the House of Representatives in 2010, 2012 and 2014 and the Senate in 2014, those leaders were unable to turn campaign promises into laws. Many “constitutional conservatives” simply ignored the fact that the Constitution gives even a narrowly re-elected president a veto on
One thing to say about Donald Trump, introduced as “businessman’ at the Republican presidential debates, is that he is anything but ‘unpolitical’.
Trump, whose dad was a real estate developer, was marinated in politics from childhood. Trump's father, Frederick Christ "Fred" Trump, made a sizable fortune by building and selling housing for American soldiers and their families in World War II. It was at his father's real estate company that Donald got his start in business. In 1971, he took control of his father's apartment rental …show more content…
He is probably the most famous American billionaire. His TV show, The Apprentice, ran for 14 years and he sealed his reputation as a brilliant negotiator and as a result, he has received three times the coverage as all other Republican candidates put together.
The Independent once wrote that Trump speaks on the level of a 4th grade child, which makes it easy to understand his message. And Psychology Today wrote: With terror attacks making headlines across the world, Americans feel uneasy and want to trust someone. "Perhaps Mr. Trump's seeming narcissism provides people with the feeling that if he were in charge, someone would know what they're doing — and reduce anxiety.”
Another aspect that helped Trump being successful is that he had a ready-made constituency. During the Obama presidency, Republican voters have been increasingly disenchanted with the party’s leaders. They were frustrated when, despite Republican capture of the House of Representatives in 2010, 2012 and 2014 and the Senate in 2014, those leaders were unable to turn campaign promises into laws. Many “constitutional conservatives” simply ignored the fact that the Constitution gives even a narrowly re-elected president a veto on