Those who voted for Trump because his "art of the deal" produced a small fortune must understand:

[Atticus]

he started with the LARGE fortune his daddy left him.

[DinahMoeHum]

1. Old joke: how does he make a million dollars?

Answer: he starts with $2 million.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. What The Pile Was Worth...

...when he took over daddy's company would have, if just left in Dow index funds, be worth almost $10 billion.
That's more than 2x the net worth he falsely claimed, and 2 &2/3rds more than Forbes got fooled into publishing.
He could have done NOTHING and been phenomenally rich.
Which means he was unsuccessful. He made way less money doing something (including the shady stuff) than if he did had he done nothing at all.

[judesedit]

3. I read somewhere long ago that he didn't even write it.

Not sure though.

[Deuce]

4. Yes, written by a Ghostwriter...

[NowsTheTime]

6. It was written by Tony Schwartz...who gave a lot on insight into Trump

.......and has been a frequent guest on The Beat.

Here is a talk he gave shortly before the Nov 2016 at Oxford Union:

[catrose]

5. He didn't. Tony Schwarz did.