And that's not to mention that his father, Fred Trump, was one of the biggest affordable housing builders in the history of the 20th Century. He died worth 300 million. But if he had his son's media savvy and desire for more, he would have easily been a billionaire (no small feat back then).

Not to mention that when Donald went belly up in the late '80s/early '90s, his father ingeniously bought in for four million in chips at one of his son's casinos and handed the chips right over to Donald. Shady? Yes. Legal? Also yes.

@Extortion: A fair analogy to your point would be entertainers playing at places like the Copa or out in Vegas back in the day. You couldn't play without brushing up against some mob guys. It just wasn't possible.