They are billionaires. They will come out on top because at the end of it they will still be a billionaire.
Name one billionaire that isn't on top.
Donald Trump.
If you want to pretend the end of his term and everything afterwards never happened, sure. But as of now, he's the ultimate example of spectacular failure despite his resources. He is still a billionaire, though. I suppose it depends on where you decide the top is.
That's exactly the "coming out on top" the original comment was referring to.
Are you referring to the fact he lost the most recent election? He did pretty good in my opinion, especially considering now notably unpopular he was in his first term. And his opponent got the most votes ever in history (and he was number 2!)
That's not really ending on a good note.
They made sure that they covered and did anything they could to stop him getting re-elected in 2020 which after losing lead to Jan 6th. Even after the acquittal, he is yet again still talked about running once again and did not run into another war.
I would have expected the media, and editors to have ignored him by now, but the fact they are finding it difficult to do so tells us that they are taking his possiblity of re-election seriously such that they know he could do it again.
Indeed, its not failure at all.
That's because the population is larger than ever in history.