More on Trump

[me]

As you know I've had my doubts about Trump and even after watching this am not quite sure but I do have a different outlook on him now. This is a little lengthy but worth watching since it shows him in a different light. How he performs in the debates will tell all.

http://www.infowars.com/this-video-will-get-donald-trump-elected-if-it-goes-viral/

[Exterminator]

Tripe.   

[me]

Whatever Skippy.

[The Troll]

As you know I've had my doubts about Trump and even after watching this am not quite sure but I do have a different outlook on him now. This is a little lengthy but worth watching since it shows him in a different light. How he performs in the debates will tell all.

http://www.infowars.com/this-video-will-get-donald-trump-elected-if-it-goes-viral/

    "ME"  You sure have a lot in common with the mentally ill in this country by supporting Trump.   

[libby]

As you know I've had my doubts about Trump and even after watching this am not quite sure but I do have a different outlook on him now. This is a little lengthy but worth watching since it shows him in a different light. How he performs in the debates will tell all.

http://www.infowars.com/this-video-will-get-donald-trump-elected-if-it-goes-viral/

??

Trump is obviously brilliant at making himself rich, but does that mean anything more than being able to buy "friends"?  And Votes? The job of POTUS?

The following is from the front page of today's Washington Post:

Trump casino venture: He wins, investors ...

As its stock collapsed, Trump's firm gave him huge bonuses and paid for his jet

June 12, 2016  by Drew Harwell

It was promoted as the chance of a lifetime: Mom and pop investors could buy shares in celebrity businessman Donald Trump's first public company, Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts.

Their investments were quickly depleted. The company known by Trump's initials, DJT, crumbled into a  penny stock and filed for bankruptcy after less than a decade, costing shareholders millions of dollars, even as other casino companies soared.

In its short life, Trump the company greatly enriched Trump the businessman, paying to have his personal jet piloted and buying heaps of Trump brand merchandise. Despite losing money every year under Trump's leadership, the company paid Trump handsomely, including a $5 million bonus in the year the company's stock plummeted 70 percent.

Many of those who lost money were Main Street shareholders who believed in the Trump brand, such as Sebastian Pignatello, a retired private investor in Queens. By the time of the 2004 bankruptcy, Pignatello's 150,000 shares were worth pennies on the dollar.

"He had been pillaging the company all along," said Pignatelli, who joined the shareholders in a lawsuit against Trump that has since been settled. "Even his business allies, they were all fair game. He has  no qualms about screwing anybody. That's what he does."

Trump's bid for the White House relies heavily on his ability to sell himself as a master businessman, a standout performer in real estate and reality TV.
But interviews with former shareholders and analysts as well as years of financial filings reveal a striking characteristic of his business record: Even when his endeavors failed and other people lost money, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee found a way to make money for himself, to market his Trump-branded products and to pay for his expensive lifestyle.

Trump was the chairman of Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts in Atlantic City from 1995 to 2009, his only outing as the head of a major public company. During that time, the company lost more than $1 billion, financial records show. He also was chief executive from 2000 to 2005, during which time share prices plunged from a high of $35 to as low as 17 cents. Trump received more than $44 million in salary, bonuses and other compensation during his time at the company, filings show. He also benefited from tens of millions of dollars more in special deals, advisory fees and "service agreements" he negotiated with his company.

Trump's campaign did not make him available to respond to specific questions about the company, but in a recent Washington Post interview, Trump said he "made a lot of money in Atlantic City," adding, "I make great deals for myself"
He expounded: "They say, "Why don't you take the casinos public or something?" You know, if you take them public, you make money on that. All I can say is I wasn't representing the country. I wasn't representing the banks. I wasn't representing anybody but myself."

Corporate governance experts say it's rare for executives of public companies to suggest that they haven't been looking out for the shareholders who financed them.
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www.washingtonpost.com

[Henry Hawk]

I guess we can use the same logic as Ex did........."Tripe!"....

Funny how trusting some are of known politicians, but are scared to death of a very, very, very successful businessman....despite how some people try their best to make him seem like a failure......he is the farthest thing from a failure.

[Exterminator]

Because spending other people's money with no intention of paying them back is the definition of success, huh?   

[Henry Hawk]

Because spending other people's money with no intention of paying them back is the definition of success, huh?   

Isn't that what our government is doing?  Hasn't Obama done this very thing since he has been in office?  Owing nearly $19 Trillion????

Tripe is what you are doing with Trump....your words, not mine.

Trump has/is employing hundreds of thousand of people.  He has made lives much better for hundreds of thousands.

Keep trying though....

[libby]

Because spending other people's money with no intention of paying them back is the definition of success, huh?   

Trump has/is employing hundreds of thousand of people.  He has made lives much better for hundreds of thousands.

Huh?   

[Exterminator]

Isn't that what our government is doing?  Hasn't Obama done this very thing since he has been in office?  Owing nearly $19 Trillion????

The government borrowing money which, by the way, it makes payments on and doesn't default on, isn't the same as an individual using other people's money to support his lifestyle.  It doesn't surprise me that you wouldn't understand the distinction.

[Henry Hawk]

The government borrowing money which, by the way, it makes payments on and doesn't default on, isn't the same as an individual using other people's money to support his lifestyle.  It doesn't surprise me that you wouldn't understand the distinction.

No, they are spending money they don't have........other peoples money is the only way to put it.  Just like dipping into SS...to pay for things it wasn't intended for.
But it doesn't surprise me that you don't understand this distinction.

[Exterminator]

No, they are spending money they don't have...

That's how credit works.  Some people use it responsibly; some don't.

[Exterminator]

...very, very, very successful businessman....despite how some people try their best to make him seem like a failure......he is the farthest thing from a failure.

The only thing he hasn't failed at is convincing gullible sheep that he's successful.

[Henry Hawk]

That's how credit works.  Some people use it responsibly; some don't.

Our current government doesn't. 

You are losing this one pretty easily.

[Henry Hawk]

The only thing he hasn't failed at is convincing gullible sheep that he's successful.

More than 13 million GOP voters seem to think his resume is much better than the previous primaries.....He has set a record turn out.