Was Creepy L. Ron Hubbard of "Dianetics" fame and "Scientology" The First Donald Trump?

 Was L. Ron Hubbard the Donald Trump of his era? The idea may not have been new; Hubbard has been quoted as telling a science fiction convention in 1948: "Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion."[144][175][176] J. Gordon Melton notes, "There is no record of Hubbard having ever made this statement, though several of his science fiction colleagues have noted the broaching of the subject on one of their informal conversations."[177] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Ron_Hubbard