my one observation

of donald trump is that he is a brilliant self-promoter. despite the fact that he's not been nearly as successful as some of his peers in the actual business world, i would bet that the majority of america (idiots) think him to be some sort of business god; what else could explain his success with the apprentice and other media-related exploits? despite the fact that his company, trump enterprises, went bankrupt (made a bad call on atlantic city being the next vegas, haha), and the fact that he started out WITH money (trump's father was one of the wealthiest and most connected men in new york) , he has managed to get his art of the deal on best-seller lists and continues to do well with the apprentice. but a little diligence will reveal that, far from being a self-made man, trump's fortune was his to lose, from birth.

well, america's favorite and arguably most successful self-promoter has announced that he will be starting trump university. unlike other online institutions of learning, however, trump university will offer no grades or degrees, which makes me wonder how learning and achievement will be measured at the school. but then i think about things for a minute more, and realize that learning, achievement, and educating the american public have nothing to do with trump's obvious intention: to further capitalize by pimping his personal "brand" under the guise of higher learning. this should be laughable.