How did trump get the reputation as a successful businessman?

[berg80]

How Trump's Apprentice earnings helped rescue his failing empire​

When Donald Trump signed a deal to star in The Apprentice in 2004, the New York Times’ latest bombshell report on his tax returns shows, he was among the worst businessmen in the United States.



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Tax documents obtained by the paper show how Trump squandered a $413m inheritance in a series of losing plays in real estate and casinos. On his tax return in 2004, he declared $89.9m in net losses from core businesses the previous year.

The story of how The Apprentice made Trump a household name, burnishing his personal myth as a successful businessman and ultimately paving his way to the White House, is well documented. But on Tuesday, the Times exposed just how false that myth was, and how far into the red Trump had sunk when he was approached by Mark Burnett, a British-born reality TV producer known for the genre’s first mega-hit, Survivor.

The New York Times report also exploded the image of Trump as a businessman with a reality TV career on the side. Taken together, the documents “demonstrate that he was far more successful playing a business mogul than being one in real life”, the Times said.

How Trump's Apprentice earnings helped rescue his failing empire

Documents show president earned $427m from NBC reality show – which he used to cover his vast real estate and casino losses

www.theguardian.com

I still see his supporters make references to his business acumen as a qualification for the presidency. But like most things involving the Orange Fraud, that belief is a fiction. Just as the character he played on the Apprentice bore no relationship to his career as a failed real estate developer.

He is the man behind the curtain. Adept at creating illusions with smoke, mirrors, and bombast while in reality being a clownish buffoon.

 

[1srelluc]

How Trump's Apprentice earnings helped rescue his failing empire​

When Donald Trump signed a deal to star in The Apprentice in 2004, the New York Times’ latest bombshell report on his tax returns shows, he was among the worst businessmen in the United States.



Debate offers Trump chance to yank stubbornly stable 2020 race his way
Read more

Tax documents obtained by the paper show how Trump squandered a $413m inheritance in a series of losing plays in real estate and casinos. On his tax return in 2004, he declared $89.9m in net losses from core businesses the previous year.

The story of how The Apprentice made Trump a household name, burnishing his personal myth as a successful businessman and ultimately paving his way to the White House, is well documented. But on Tuesday, the Times exposed just how false that myth was, and how far into the red Trump had sunk when he was approached by Mark Burnett, a British-born reality TV producer known for the genre’s first mega-hit, Survivor.

The New York Times report also exploded the image of Trump as a businessman with a reality TV career on the side. Taken together, the documents “demonstrate that he was far more successful playing a business mogul than being one in real life”, the Times said.

How Trump's Apprentice earnings helped rescue his failing empire

Documents show president earned $427m from NBC reality show – which he used to cover his vast real estate and casino losses

www.theguardian.com

I still see his supporters make references to his business acumen as a qualification for the presidency. But like most things involving the Orange Fraud, that belief is a fiction. Just as the character he played on the Apprentice bore no relationship to his career as a failed real estate developer.

He is the man behind the curtain. Adept at creating illusions with smoke, mirrors, and bombast while in reality being a clownish buffoon.

Damn son, you need check-up from the neck-up.

 

[TNHarley]

I doubt his billions in assets has anything to do with it.

 

[Mac1958]

How Trump's Apprentice earnings helped rescue his failing empire​

When Donald Trump signed a deal to star in The Apprentice in 2004, the New York Times’ latest bombshell report on his tax returns shows, he was among the worst businessmen in the United States.



Debate offers Trump chance to yank stubbornly stable 2020 race his way
Read more

Tax documents obtained by the paper show how Trump squandered a $413m inheritance in a series of losing plays in real estate and casinos. On his tax return in 2004, he declared $89.9m in net losses from core businesses the previous year.

The story of how The Apprentice made Trump a household name, burnishing his personal myth as a successful businessman and ultimately paving his way to the White House, is well documented. But on Tuesday, the Times exposed just how false that myth was, and how far into the red Trump had sunk when he was approached by Mark Burnett, a British-born reality TV producer known for the genre’s first mega-hit, Survivor.

The New York Times report also exploded the image of Trump as a businessman with a reality TV career on the side. Taken together, the documents “demonstrate that he was far more successful playing a business mogul than being one in real life”, the Times said.

How Trump's Apprentice earnings helped rescue his failing empire

Documents show president earned $427m from NBC reality show – which he used to cover his vast real estate and casino losses

www.theguardian.com

I still see his supporters make references to his business acumen as a qualification for the presidency. But like most things involving the Orange Fraud, that belief is a fiction. Just as the character he played on the Apprentice bore no relationship to his career as a failed real estate developer.

He is the man behind the curtain. Adept at creating illusions with smoke, mirrors, and bombast while in reality being a clownish buffoon.

He knows, especially growing up in NYC and being mentored by Roy Cohn, that it's all about image. He's existed on Daddy's money and loans throughout his career, once calling himself "The King of Debt".

Shallow image. Celebrity. He's the male version of Kim Kardashian. In America, that works like a charm. Says a lot about us.

 

[berg80]

Says a lot about us.

It does indeed. Imagery being an essential component to all authoritarian regimes.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

I have often said nobody is more responsible for Trump's win in 2016 than Mark Burnett.

Without him talking Trump into doing The Apprentice, Trump never would have been president.

 

[berg80]

I doubt his billions in assets has anything to do with it.

You don't know that to be true. If he had that kind of money why was it necessary to find a company willing to put up a surety bond for the NY tax fraud verdict?

 

[berg80]

I have often said nobody is more responsible for Trump's win in 2016 than Mark Burnett.

Without him taking Trump into doing The Apprentice, Trump never would have been president.

And for more than one reason.

 

[1srelluc]

The OP is not just a clown.....He's the entire circus.

 

[wamose]

Trump is successful because he's great at solving problems. He's especially good at preventing employees from stealing from the company. That's why Democrats hate him so much. A Trump for Pres, Ramaswami for AG combo would go a long way toward fixing our evil DOJ. MAGA

 

[berg80]

Trump is successful because he's great at solving problems. He's especially good at preventing employees from stealing from the company. That's why Democrats hate him so much. A Trump for Pres, Ramaswami for AG combo would go a long way toward fixing our evil DOJ. MAGA

Meanwhile, the last eight years, the tax documents for the president show Trump has borrowed $100m against Trump Tower in Manhattan, $160m on his hotel in Washington and $148m on the Doral golf resort in Miami, where he wanted to host the G7 summit. A significant portion of those loans appear to be coming due in the next four years. It is unclear how Trump will service them.

 

[Auld Phart]

How Trump's Apprentice earnings helped rescue his failing empire​

When Donald Trump signed a deal to star in The Apprentice in 2004, the New York Times’ latest bombshell report on his tax returns shows, he was among the worst businessmen in the United States.



Debate offers Trump chance to yank stubbornly stable 2020 race his way
Read more

Tax documents obtained by the paper show how Trump squandered a $413m inheritance in a series of losing plays in real estate and casinos. On his tax return in 2004, he declared $89.9m in net losses from core businesses the previous year.

The story of how The Apprentice made Trump a household name, burnishing his personal myth as a successful businessman and ultimately paving his way to the White House, is well documented. But on Tuesday, the Times exposed just how false that myth was, and how far into the red Trump had sunk when he was approached by Mark Burnett, a British-born reality TV producer known for the genre’s first mega-hit, Survivor.

The New York Times report also exploded the image of Trump as a businessman with a reality TV career on the side. Taken together, the documents “demonstrate that he was far more successful playing a business mogul than being one in real life”, the Times said.

How Trump's Apprentice earnings helped rescue his failing empire

Documents show president earned $427m from NBC reality show – which he used to cover his vast real estate and casino losses

www.theguardian.com

I still see his supporters make references to his business acumen as a qualification for the presidency. But like most things involving the Orange Fraud, that belief is a fiction. Just as the character he played on the Apprentice bore no relationship to his career as a failed real estate developer.

He is the man behind the curtain. Adept at creating illusions with smoke, mirrors, and bombast while in reality being a clownish buffoon.

how many times has this been explained to you over the last 8 years, and it STILL hasn't penetrated your thick skull?

 

[Lesh]

how many times has this been explained to you over the last 8 years, and it STILL hasn't penetrated your thick skull?

Not sure.

Give er a try one more time

 

[CrusaderFrank]

How Trump's Apprentice earnings helped rescue his failing empire​

When Donald Trump signed a deal to star in The Apprentice in 2004, the New York Times’ latest bombshell report on his tax returns shows, he was among the worst businessmen in the United States.



Debate offers Trump chance to yank stubbornly stable 2020 race his way
Read more

Tax documents obtained by the paper show how Trump squandered a $413m inheritance in a series of losing plays in real estate and casinos. On his tax return in 2004, he declared $89.9m in net losses from core businesses the previous year.

The story of how The Apprentice made Trump a household name, burnishing his personal myth as a successful businessman and ultimately paving his way to the White House, is well documented. But on Tuesday, the Times exposed just how false that myth was, and how far into the red Trump had sunk when he was approached by Mark Burnett, a British-born reality TV producer known for the genre’s first mega-hit, Survivor.

The New York Times report also exploded the image of Trump as a businessman with a reality TV career on the side. Taken together, the documents “demonstrate that he was far more successful playing a business mogul than being one in real life”, the Times said.

How Trump's Apprentice earnings helped rescue his failing empire

Documents show president earned $427m from NBC reality show – which he used to cover his vast real estate and casino losses

www.theguardian.com

I still see his supporters make references to his business acumen as a qualification for the presidency. But like most things involving the Orange Fraud, that belief is a fiction. Just as the character he played on the Apprentice bore no relationship to his career as a failed real estate developer.

He is the man behind the curtain. Adept at creating illusions with smoke, mirrors, and bombast while in reality being a clownish buffoon.

With real estate developers, banks look at the P&L statements and NOT the tax returns. Depreciation hides the gains while and Cancellation of Indebtedness Income is phantom income

The tax returns are likely to show losses from depreciation and carry forwards and do not properly present the operations and cash flows

You have to get the P&L statement for a truer picture

 

[Polishprince]

The fact that Trump is one of the most successful businesspeople in history is well established.

His making of a fortune in a very short period of time owning Monday Night Raw in 2009 after buying it from a fellow billionaire, shows his real skill.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

You don't know that to be true. If he had that kind of money why was it necessary to find a company willing to put up a surety bond for the NY tax fraud verdict?

Are you insane?

 

[Lesh]

The fact that Trump is one of the most successful businesspeople in history is well established.

His making of a fortune in a very short period of time owning Monday Night Raw in 2009 after buying it from a fellow billionaire, shows his real skill.

If he had simply invested the money his daddy gave him in the Dow he’d have done better

 

[Polishprince]

The libs have been underestimating Trump for years.

Even after a bullet from a liberal who was stirred up by their vile rhetoric couldn't stop him.

 

[jknowgood]

Meanwhile, the last eight years, the tax documents for the president show Trump has borrowed $100m against Trump Tower in Manhattan, $160m on his hotel in Washington and $148m on the Doral golf resort in Miami, where he wanted to host the G7 summit. A significant portion of those loans appear to be coming due in the next four years. It is unclear how Trump will service them.

Lol, get a life. Trump is going to be your president shortly.

 

[Lesh]

Lol, get a life. Trump is going to be your president shortly.

Only if he changes his name to Harris and has a sex change operation