It got him a presidency, twice. It's clearly an effective strategy in our capitalistic society and if you feel otherwise let me know how many 0 Billions you've grifted from your job over the past year.
Right, I bet you also refrain from commenting on sports because you don't have the same stats as NBA/NFL/MLS players.
In the short term, in the long term everyone else loses confidence in the country to be a good actor.