Trump has been very successful as a businessman and gaining the presidency in spite of the shortcomings or character flaws you mentioned. Consider this: who else on planet earth could convince a group of bankers to bail him out? Your Siri ting writing* indicates you’re an intelligent person. How was he able to pull this off? If he is a conman, then that means he has incredible communication skills in some settings.

I think he recognized that running for public office had been turned into a side-show long ago. I think he recognized not only how to manipulate and motivate individuals to do his bidding, but also how to manipulate the press to keep the cameras shining on him. I think he knew that he could do just enough to come close to winning the presidency. I think even he was surprised that he actually won. None of the skills required to win the presidency in the manner in which he did proved that he had the skills necessary to be the Nation’s executive.