He is not a "self-made businessman"

[cyclonefence]

I know it, you know, everybody knows it--except may Jack Kingston, CNN's mealy-mouthed conservative spokesmodel. Donald Trump is not "self-made"; he inherited a multi-million dollar business from his father, who as far as I know *was* a self-made businessman.

The AP estimates that Trump's fortune grew about 300% between 1988 and 2015. During that same time period, the S&P 500 has grown 1,336%. If Donald Trump had simply invested his inheritance in an index fund, he would be much richer than he is today. I might argue, in fact, that not only is he not self-made, he's a pretty bad businessman. In a sense, he has lost money over the years.

http://fortune.com/2015/08/20/donald-trump-index-funds/..

[sharedvalues]

1. If you take out the Russian laundered money

What do you get? Would the president be in the red without dirty money from abroad? (My bet: yes.)

[sharedvalues]

2. Also: bad headline. "I am not a crook" format is used

See Lakoff.

Better headline "He's a bad businessman who inherited wealth".

[socialist_n_TN]

3. Actually Diddy Trump inherited a good bit of money from...........

Granddiddy Trump, who you could say actually WAS a self-made businessman. I believe it was in the "hospitality" industry in the west and Alaska. Restaurants that were suspected brothels.

[CincyDem]

4. DJT was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple. n/t