You say that like it's a bad thing. Personally, I prefer someone without a lifetime of corruption.If you can't see the difference between private, and governemnt, I won't waste either one of our time.
He was never elected to so much as dog catcher and therefore the argument at the time was "has zero political experience" and that was among the Republican Party as well as the Dems (even MORE among the Repubs if you put your memory hat back on)
I ain't debating it. It was the narrative.
But as stated earlier, voters are stupid.