>Tore, he's getting a significant amount of attention, but he has no chance. He can certainly finance a large campaign - but ask yourself, what actual political power does he carry? Yes, he can wield influence - but he has no political experience and his lack of basic civics will come out during the debates.

Trump took his father's NYC real estate business and grew it more than a hundredfold by manipulating the NYC political machine in order to get zoning variances and union concessions where no on else could.
Trump - miraculously - never had a strike at one of his projects. Neither he nor the unions will discuss how that miracle happened.
He understands how to get things done in a complex political world where "politicians" only stumble.

Here's a textbook example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wollman_Rink

He could teach a class in "real" civics, but if he told what he did to make those things happen, he and hundreds of other people might be headed off to jail.