How did trump get the reputation as a successful businessman?

[Nostra]

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

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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.

Wow! They got ahold of one 40 year old tax return.

 

[22lcidw]

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.

Perhaps spending this much time On Je would give you a new perspective. 50 years of Joe. You can check out all he has done. And damn, he has screwed over people that he says he loves. It's there. What he has done. Kamala is there also. Or perhaps not so much. DEI.

 

[jknowgood]

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

I'm actually glad you loons are running with Harris. The most liberal candidate you could run with. Most of America is against her views. Good job!

 

[Auld Phart]

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

if you'd been born with a brain, they may have allowed you to attend kindergarten

 

[Auld Phart]

I'm actually glad you loons are running with Harris. The most liberal candidate you could run with. Most of America is against her views. Good job!

Most of America is against her views.

todays views

tomorrow, they'll be different.


and in december, they'll change again.

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

The libs have been underestimating Trump for years.

Trump has been over estimating Trump..............for decades.

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

They really need a projection icon on USMB.
Teabaggers sending violent text and letters to anyone who opposed/questioned or prosecuted their dear leader was fine.

Trump rhetoric comes back to him.........and his cult cries.

 

[wamose]

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.

Maybe he will be able to recoup the money they chiseled from him on all those sham prosecutions. By rights, he should be awarded damages for what was obviously only an attempt to rig the Presidential election. MAGA