Christopher McCandless made history and will be remembered. Goal achieved.

Ohhh, Chris was illiterate? That explains it.

> Same as Trump.

I'm pushing sixty years old, so I remember quite a bit. Donald Trump has been a public figure for a long time. And I can't recall anyone ever suggesting that he's stupid, until he got into politics. Before that he was regarded as an astute businessman who created and manipulated publicity for his own purposes and enjoyed doing it.

An example. About twenty-five years ago, Trump got into some deal with Merv Griffin. The same Merv Griffin who started off as an entertainer and built a financial empire. Television producer, real estate mogul, and a few other things I can't recall at the moment. He was worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The man was an experienced businessman and certainly no fool. And the mainstream media covered their deal with the assumption that -- oh, but of course! -- the wily, brilliant Trump would chew Griffin up and devour him.

Well, that's nothing new. The US media often believe whatever they want to believe. And what you've written is nothing new. For as long as I can remember, every Republican who runs for a major office has been the target of character attacks from the Left. They're all stupid, bigoted, sexist, racist, hate-filled troglodytes, so the Democrats tell us. It's really quite tiring and boring. I wish they'd come up with some new, interesting crap instead of the same old crap. But I suppose they do it because it works. It appeals to people with self-esteem issues, who see individuals who are smarter, more hard-working and more successful than they are and feel not admiration but hate and envy.

I'm not going to say what I think of Trump's politics, because we've got a politics forum for that. But since you believe Donald Trump is an idiot, I have one question for you.

When was the last time you made a billion dollars?