As others have pointed out, he's not a self made billionaire. He inherited millions and failed to outperform the market. Trump is actually below average as an investor even before you consider all of the government handouts he receives. Trump is great at building up massive amounts of debt, filing for bankruptcy and wasting tax payers money... so I guess he'll make a great president.

Edit: I have to laugh at Republicans who spout nonsense about not voting based on gay rights and social issues but instead economics. When was the last time a Republican president benefitted the economy? How has Trump's difficulties in the business world impressed you? Good god out of all the people to be talking trash. This is what happens when you have a nation that educates the masses in neither history nor economics. Have fun trading what remains of liberty for more debt because we know (I guess you don't) Trump is great at racking up debt. To be fair Trump isn't anything special when it comes to investing but then again, why would you vote for such a mediocre investor? That being said, it's not like there is a viable alternative so guess what, you shouldn't support any of the candidates.

No-one wants Bernie more than Hillary...

Exept, in your polls, it seems most of the people would pick Sanders over Hillary. And honestly, I can see why. If you want the US to economically, socially and politically drag it's feet for 8 more years, by all means, vote Hillary.

Thats what I mean, Hillary is part of the establishment, Sanders on the other hand...

You show a real lack of understanding with what it takes to succeed at the position. In business everyone has their side too,  as well as competitors and they aren't going "aww shucks,  I'll let you win too" .  You're going to need to do much better explaining if you want to pretend that they are vastly different.  If we were to draw a Vein diagram,  a multi billion,  global business would draw a broad amount of similarities to running a country. 

 What the fans of Blue team and Red team think of the President doesn't matter.  I agree that they will despise any candidate that isn't their own even making broad statements rooted in fallacy or exaggeration (This thread is a great example of that). 

Not every President is a divider.  Some unify the country more than others.  Obama has consistently pressed the conservative right and pushed racial undertones,  while also being far more of a Warhawk than what he advertised.   He has splintered the country and increased the party divide. 

You think she will beat Sanders? His numbers just keep growing and growing.

Now, I hate Obama as much as the next guy but to be fair the President doesn't get to make decisions regarding foreign policy. That aspect of American politics is obviously undemocratic and the Pentagon / CIA call the shots. A prime example is how the Reagan Doctrine was simply an extension of the Carter Doctrine because neither President was actually involved in what is a single, unified effort to prepare for the next global conflict (which I fear is in progress).

Reagan had incredible economic growth during his presidency.  The Bushes not so much.   Really from the Democratic side you have Clinton and prior to that who was the last Democrat who was in charge of a strong economy? 

I suppose you're right,  we should yield to people who have not shown any ability to invest or grow their personal wealth in any other capacity  other than taking tax payer money.   Maybe we should be voting for someone who couldn't pass her bar exam initially,  nothing like nepotism to ensure great hires!  

If Trumps statement is correct that he received a loan of one million dollars,  (and his high-end estimated worth is 10 billion dollars).... He would have tangibly increased his wealth roughly 10,000%. In regular people standards,  If you were to receive  50,000$ and show growth of 10,000% that's akin to you being worth 500 million dollars.   

This is all too funny. I remember when I used to live in "the hood" and we'd all joke about how the news is always talking about polls yet none of us ever get polled. A while after that I moved to a nicer neighborhood in a gated community and got a polling call within weeks.

I'd seen an interview with a pollster on The Today Show and he stated that predominantly minority neighborhoods aren't usually polled along with other neighborhoods because they're largely Democrat and will skew the poll numbers. So when Fox News was telling Fox Newsers back in 2012 that Mitt Romney would beat Barack Obama by a landslide we knew better. The election came, and we all know how that turned out.

Nearly everyone I know (outside my wife and her family) intend to vote this year. Nearly all of them intend to vote against Donald Trump. Trump is polling negatively with every group save for white males. I don't put much belief into polling but he's not as "unstoppable" as you may think. Minorities and young people aren't sitting out elections like they did in the past. That's not a good thing for Republicans.

You thikn you're shoving words down my throat maybe? Do you read anyhting? Obama at least went through the ranks and eventually got noticed. Trump has absolutely NO political knowhow. ou can't mosey on into the presidency and don't know what the hell you're doing. He's all talk.

We've been over this before, Reagan's economic growth came at the expense of a massive increase in the nation's debt. Reagan's economic accomplishments were not particularly impressive when taken in context, he was simply far better than the Bushes, Obama and Carter. Reagan's D grade in economics is the best thing the Republican party has accomplished in decades so again, their trash talking would be hilarious if it were not so pathetic.

I don't know where I endorsed any Democrats (a political organization that I thoroughly despise) so you might want to work on your reading comprehension because it seems to be lacking. Your little tirade about taking tax payer money can also be applied to Trump because he needed government bailouts on multiple occasions in the last 25 years. Hell, both parties seem to subscribe to a neo-corporatist / fascist economic model in which tax payer revenue is siphoned off to private organizations and individuals in an effort to undermine competition (a bold affront to capitalism and economic freedom). This reminds me of a quote:

"in a society where one can not fail, one can not succeed".

I don't know how I fooled it up last night but I thought Trump was pretty average as far as investment growth was concerned. Trump's total worth has increased by a factor of ~43 since 1982 (Edit ~200 million vs 8.7 billion) whereas the S&P has increased by a factor of ~16 making him above average (I had somehow concluded that he only outperformed the market by a factor of 55%, not 155%). That being said, Trump still isn't anything special even without considering all of the government handouts he has taken to "earn" this wealth. There are many high profile investors who have done a far, far better job than Trump could ever dream of (Ellison's net worth has increased by nearly 300 fold in a shorter span of time for example). So to reiterate, Trump is a lousy candidate once you get past his cult of personality. His greatest success is being an above average investor.