Yet a 5th attempt by moneybag Trump for Whitehouse

After over twenty years of flirting with the idea, billionaire and real estate mogul, Donald Trump on Tuesday launched his campaign for the seat of the president of the United States of America (USA).
Just over four years after he came closer than ever to launching a campaign before bowing out, Trump made his announcement at the Trump Tower in New York, laying out a vision to match his incoming campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.”

“So, ladies and gentlemen, I am officially running for president of the United States, and we are going to make our country great again,” Trump told the crowd in a lengthy and meandering 45-minute speech that hit on his signature issues like currency manipulation from China and job creation, while also taking shots at the president and his competitors on the Republican side.

“Sadly the American dream is dead,” Trump said at the end of his speech. “But if I get elected president I will bring it back bigger and better and stronger than ever before.”

Many Americans now view him primarily as a reality TV star after 14 seasons of his “Apprentice” series, and his numerous flirtations with a presidential run — first in 1987, then 1999 and again in 2004, 2008 and most recently in 2011 — have left voters eye-rolling as he prompted yet another round of will-he or won’t-he speculation.

Trump has already billed himself as the “most successful person ever to run for the presidency, by far,” pointing out even that he owns a “Gucci store that’s worth more than Romney.”

But Trump showed Tuesday that he won’t shy away from the out-of-reach luxury and opulence that makes up his day-to-day lifestyle.

Instead, he flaunted his wealth and success in business as a centerpiece of his presidential platform, and he began that officially on Tuesday, trumpeting his whopping $8.7 billion net worth during his announcement speech. Trump’s net worth was previously estimated at roughly $4

Trump’s wealth and results-driven success is business is part of what he hopes will be his appeal to voters as he looks to set himself apart from career politicians.

“I’ve watched the politicians, I’ve dealt with them all my life,” Trump said. “They will never make America great again. They don’t even have a chance.”

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