8. His own man

Even if you’ve only encountered Donald Trump from his reality TV show, The Apprentice, you know that he answers to no one but himself. During an interview, Trump said that his military education at NYMA taught him more than the armed forces could ever teach him and even dismissed the late U.S. Senator John McCain’s heroism for his capture and imprisonment as a POW in Vietnam, saying “I like people that weren’t captured.” This despite not serving in the military and sitting out the Vietnam War after 5 deferments, four of which during his college years.