8. Marching to the Beat of His Own Drum
If you have even a glancing understanding of Donald Trump, you know he does things his way. Trump shared this “Throwback Thursday” picture of himself in uniform at the NYMA. Trump had previously made the claim that being in the uniform made him “very military,” though he never served in the military. Decades later, Trump would find himself roiled in controversy after he criticized U.S. Senator John McCain for being captured and held as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. Trump dismissed McCain as a war hero, saying, “I like people that weren’t captured.”