Holy cow! If the polls are to be believed, Donald Trump…that's right, THE Donald Trump of reality TV's "The Apprentice" is the new standard-bearer and presidential front-runner of the Republican Party. Pinch yourself and ask: "What's the world coming to?"
Trump's latest media splash involves his charge that President Obama didn't deserve to be admitted to the two Ivy League universities he attended – Columbia and Harvard. Never mind that the President graduated from Columbia in 1983 with a degree in political science, no small feat at an institution as rigorous as Columbia. And then, there's Harvard. Did the President prove "the Donald" right? Apparently not!
President Obama graduated from the most prestigious and academically demanding law school in the country, Harvard, and graduated magna cum laude – that's with highest honors in case you're wondering. At a school where only the brightest of the bright are admitted, Obama not only proved himself by graduating, he did so at the highest tier of his class!
So, what's Trump's point? That Obama was, and therefore is now, an intellectual slouch too stupid or lacking the mental toughness required by the Oval Office?
The point is…there is no point! There's just Trump running at the mouth, not saying anything meaningful, grabbing headlines, which is something Trump is a master of doing. That's great if personal aggrandizement is his aim, but don't kid yourself. Trump's windbag of blather won't solve any of this country's problems.
Seriously folks, is there anybody out there who can identify Trump's position on the civil war in Libya, North Korea or Iran's nuclear ambitions, China's monetary policy or the bioethical questions involved with stem cell research? I doubt it. Do you know what Trump thinks about job creation through government spending, ditching Medicare and Social Security or the elimination of food stamps? I doubt that too, and it's not because you're stupid. It's because Trump never talks about issues. He just talks about Trump. Occasionally, he calls other people names, but mostly, he talks about himself.
In the end, Trump won't run for President, even though he's now the GOP front-runner. It's not in his nature. Being President requires a person to think of somebody besides their self, and Trump simply isn't capable of doing that for any measurable period of time. So, he'll spend as much time in the media limelight as the rest of the GOP candidates allow, and then he'll traipse back to his CEO chair on T.V. where he can fire people at will and look cool for the cameras. In the end, that's a whole lot easier than running a nation.
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