Donald Trump

Today Donald Trump diminished the Presidency. So did President Obama by acknowleging Trump and responding to the Birthers. Don't get me wrong - I believe it should be a Constitutional requirement for any Political Candidate to provide proof that they meet the Constitutional Requirements for the Office for which they are running. However, Obama was dragged into the mud and responded to something that should be above the attention of any American President.

As for Trump, my prediction of his, "you will be very surprised when I make my announcement" statement is that it has absolutely nothing to do with Political Office but rather an announcement about a commercial venture Trump is undertaking. This has all been well orchestrated and is a Trump-driven P.R. stunt.

On a personal note - being a marketing professional - NEVER should the FACE//PRESIDENT/CEO of a BRAND put him or herself in a position to alienate roughly half of the population. Especially when they have shareholders. This is where Trump overplayed himself. His businesses will be negatively effected by this entire fiasco albeit a very interesting study.

Dire emergency

A classic, and frankly effective strategy for creating radical change as it relates to just about anything is to create an emergency. An emergency, be it real or perceived creates urgency. Urgency causes people (namely lawmakers) to compromise their principles. Don't believe me? Just look at how the health care heist was pulled off.

Obama transferring American wealth to Muslims

I am convinced the Obama Administration is intent on bankrupting America. Although he has a multi-pronged approach, the most obvious is that he is not allowing American businesses to harvest our abundance of domestic oil. As turmoil surges worldwide (partly due to lack of American leadership), oil prices are skyrocketing and guess who consumes a lot of oil. And guess where that weekly charge at the pump goes ultimately.