Truth be told I'm not broke, so the subject line is a bit misleading, but the news of the day is that Donald Trump is suing the author and publisher of "TrumpNation: The Art of Being The Donald" for massively understating his wealth. The book claims Trump is worth about $150 million: $150,000,000. Trump says it's more like $2.7 billion: $2,700,000,000. Look at all those freaking zeros. And Trump's suing for $5,000,000,000. My friends, that's not a typo. He's suing for $5 billion dollars. I've thought Trump's been nuts for awhile, what with every single attempt he's made to get publicity, even the lamest possible publicity there is. But this is really absurd. To me it's all about Trump trying to get more attention for himself. His show (which sucked after the novelty wore off), really put it into his head that he had to be the biggest publicity hound in the world. I'd call him a publicity whore. Granted, publicity is a good thing, even bad publicity, but there has to be a limit. There has to be a point when it starts to work against you, where the very sight of you on TV or elsewhere, or the very mention of your name causes uncontrollable wretching amongst the people. I just ate a giant steak submarine for lunch, so it's hard to tell if I'm wretching cause of that, or cause of Donald Trump. Let's say 50-50. I would also point out that Trump is giving tons of free publicity to the author and publisher of the very book he's fighting against. For that very reason, here's the first link for the keyword "Trumpnation" from Google: VidLit: TrumpNation. (P.S. I've never heard of VidLit until just now, but it looks kind of cool.) I can't wait to see what happens with this lawsuit, and I will follow it with a keen eye. If Trump wins, then every time my wife says, "Ben, we don't have enough money," I'm going to sue her for $10. No, wait...$10 and a candy bar. No, wait...$10, a candy bar and some Pepto-Bismol. If you want the full scoop on this absurd story, check out these links: * Trump sues over claim he's simply a millionaire * Donald Trump Sues Tim O'Brien * The Donald - pissed. (Technorati tags: trump, trumpnation, lawsuits)