August 29, 2016 12:14 PM

The Day I Went Head-To-Head With Donald Trump

Guest post written by

Thomas C. Stewart

For:  Forbes OpEd

Mr. Stewart is a retired New York investment banker and a former U.S. Naval Attack Commander who flew combat during the Gulf War.
Whenever I hear someone complain that Donald Trump is “not presidential,” I reply, “Compared to whom? Which president are we talking about? How ‘presidential’ was Barack Obama in 2008 when he said of the Republicans, ‘If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun’?”
And just what are the qualities that really matter in a president?

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally on August 18, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)

The overwhelming majority of Mr. Trump’s detractors have never sat across the table from him to hammer out a multimillion-dollar business…