Why did Trump lose?

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Done? What precisely did kissing the ass of China do about corona at the start of the pandemic? LOL. I love how Trump supporters twist themselves into knots to conjure up some reason to defend him.

His years as a scammer and failed businessman directly led to him lying about the virus to the american people, just like he lied to all his investors about how wonderful the businesses they help put money into are doing. He's been doing this his entire life.

Failed businessman? The guy flies around on his own jetliner and is a multi-billionaire that has spent time with the most beautiful women in the world, and was a household name before becoming President. You can only dream about being such a failure.

Trump was seeking any information about this virus that he could get out of China to help our people combat it. It's China that did all these studies on the virus--not the US. They had the information that we could use.

^ 'Failed businessman?'
Here Are All of Trump’s Bankruptcies and Failed Businesses

September 8, 2016

By Sahid Fawaz

Donald Trump loves to talk big about how great he is at business. His record says otherwise.
Trump’s failed businesses:
1. Trump Steaks
2. GoTrump
3. Trump Airlines
4. Trump Vodka
5. Trump Mortgage
6. Trump: The Game
7. Trump Magazine
8. Trump University
9. Trump Ice
10. The New Jersey Generals
11. Tour de Trump
12. Trump Network
13. Trumped!

Trump companies that sought bankruptcy protection:
1. Trump Taj Mahal
2. Trump’s Castle
3. Trump Plaza Casinos
4. Trump Plaza Hotel
5. Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts
6. Trump Entertainment Resorts
Here Are All of Trump’s Bankruptcies and Failed Businesses

' The guy flies around on his own jetliner...
Glory days of Trump's gold-plated 757 seem far away as plane sits idle at a sleepy airport
By Kate Bennett and Pete Muntean, CNN
Updated 10:54 PM ET, Fri March 19, 2021

Washington (CNN)Trump's personal Boeing 757 was always the crown jewel of his wealth -- the ultimate sign that he had made it. He's used it as a backdrop for sleek photo shoots, campaign rallies, VIP tours, for shots of him eating his Big Macs and KFC, plated, with a knife and fork. Trump loved to show it off -- the customized cream-colored leather seats, gilded bathrooms, the seat buckles layered in 24-karat gold.
But today it sits idle on an airport ramp in Orange County, New York, about 60 miles north of Manhattan.
One engine is missing parts. The other is shrink-wrapped in plastic. The cost to fix and get it flyable could reach well into the high six-figures, a price-tag Trump doesn't appear to be dealing with right now. Though the current state of his finances aren't public, the Covid-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the hospitality industry home to so many of his businesses.

The choice [?] to leave it outside at a northeastern airport, exposed to the elements, has baffled aviation experts who spoke with CNN. They note that it's just a few hours' flight to warmer, more arid climes. Snow, rain, and moisture can lead to metal corrosion of the airframe and the engines -- hard to detect, and, in severe cases, catastrophic.

A money suck
But, like many Trump accoutrements crafted for the purpose of marketing, the reality of the giant jet was different behind the scenes. It was a money suck, a plane past its prime with decaying mechanics and exorbitant storage fees.
Glory days of Trump's gold-plated 757 seem far away as plane sits idle at a sleepy airport

' ... and is a multi-billionaire...'
lol! & how do you KNOW that ray, ray? from the tax returns he showed when he was nomin... oh wait - that NEVER happened.

' ...that has spent time with the most beautiful women in the world,...
you mean PAID to spend time with?

' ... and was a household name before becoming President. '

yes - as a spoiled conman, ripe with fraud & bankruptcy, & a failed tv reality 'star' who knew that facade would get people to give up their hard EARNED cash to him, making them believe that they too can be like him.

“The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people’s fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That’s why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. I call it truthful hyperbole. It’s an innocent form of exaggeration—and a very effective form of promotion.”
~ DJT 'the art of the deal'

 

[schmidlap]

I have noted that opinions differ and solicit your speculations.

Which of the following, if any, approximate what you suspect is the major reason:

1. The election merely reflected his having lost the popular vote in 2016 and the public sentiment remaining consistent, as he was relentlessly unpopular in survey after survey throughout his tenure.
2. He repeatedly scoffed at and minimized the threat posed by a pandemic that resulted in over 20 million infections, over 350,000 deaths, and the strain on dedicated healthcare providers to the breaking point.
3. He was the victim of a vast, very mysterious conspiracy in which Republican governors, Republican secretaries of state, Republican attorneys general, Republican county clerks, and Republican judges throughout the land were decisively complicit.
4. He was beaten by a sleepy, senile, corrupt Chinese sock puppet whom the American electorate deemed to be decidedly superior.

I hope all who entertain theories will share their analyses while refraining from vituperation, revilement, and diversionary ploys.

Civil, dispassionate discussion and sprightly discourse concerning causative factors, one might hope, ensue.

“I owe my Trump-supporting friends an apology. I’ve been critical of the Trump presidency these last four years, and am still exhausted from the experience. But to be fair, President Trump wasn’t that bad, other than when he incited an insurrection against the government, mismanaged a pandemic that killed over a half a million Americans, separated children from their families, lost those children in the bureaucracy, tear-gassed peaceful protesters on Lafayette Square so he could hold a photo op holding a Bible in front of a church, tried to block all Muslims from entering the country, got impeached, got impeached again, had the worst jobs record of any president in modern history, pressured Ukraine to dig dirt on Joe Biden, fired the FBI director for investigating his ties to Russia, bragged about firing the FBI director on TV, took Vladimir Putin’s word over the US intelligence community, diverted military funding to build his wall, caused the longest government shutdown in US history, called Black Lives Matter a “symbol of hate,” lied nearly 30,000 times, banned transgender people from serving in the military, ejected reporters from the White House briefing room who asked tough questions, vetoed the defense funding bill because it renamed military bases named for Confederate soldiers, refused to release his tax returns, increased the national debt by nearly $8 trillion, had three of the highest annual trade deficits in U.S. history, called veterans and soldiers who died in combat losers and suckers, coddled the leader of Saudi Arabia after he ordered the execution and dismembering of a US-based journalist, refused to concede the 2020 election, hired his unqualified daughter and son-in-law to work in the White House, walked out of an interview with Lesley Stahl, called neo-Nazis “very fine people,” suggested that people should inject bleach into their bodies to fight COVID, abandoned our allies the Kurds to Turkey, pushed through massive tax cuts for the wealthiest but balked at helping working Americans, incited anti-lockdown protestors in several states at the height of the pandemic, withdrew the US from the Paris climate accords, withdrew the US from the Iranian nuclear deal, withdrew the US from the Trans Pacific Partnership which was designed to block China’s advances, insulted his own Cabinet members on Twitter, pushed the leader of Montenegro out of the way during a photo op, failed to reiterate US commitment to defending NATO allies, called Haiti and African nations “shithole” countries, called the city of Baltimore the “worst in the nation,” claimed that he single handedly brought back the phrase “Merry Christmas” even though it hadn’t gone anywhere, forced his Cabinet members to praise him publicly like some cult leader, believed he should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, berated and belittled his hand-picked Attorney General when he recused himself from the Russia probe, suggested the US should buy Greenland, colluded with Mitch McConnell to push through federal judges and two Supreme Court justices after supporting efforts to prevent his predecessor from appointing judges, repeatedly called the media “enemies of the people,” claimed that if we tested fewer people for COVID we’d have fewer cases, violated the emoluments clause, thought that Nambia was a country, told Bob Woodward in private that the coronavirus was a big deal but then downplayed it in public, called his exceedingly faithful vice president a “p---y” for following the Constitution, nearly got us into a war with Iran after threatening them by tweet, nominated a corrupt head of the EPA, nominated a corrupt head of HHS, nominated a corrupt head of the Interior Department, nominated a corrupt head of the USDA, praised dictators and authoritarians around the world while criticizing allies, refused to allow the presidential transition to begin, insulted war hero John McCain – even after his death, spent an obscene amount of time playing golf after criticizing Barack Obama for playing (far less) golf while president, falsely claimed that he won the 2016 popular vote, called the Muslim mayor of London a “stone cold loser,” falsely claimed that he turned down being Time’s Man of the Year, considered firing special counsel Robert Mueller on several occasions, mocked wearing face masks to guard against transmitting COVID, locked Congress out of its constitutional duty to confirm Cabinet officials by hiring acting ones, used a racist dog whistle by calling COVID the “China virus,” hired and associated with numerous shady figures that were eventually convicted of federal offenses including his campaign manager and national security adviser, pardoned several of his shady associates, gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to two congressman who amplified his batshit crazy conspiracy theories, got into telephone fight with the leader of Australia(!), had a Secretary of State who called him a moron, forced his press secretary to claim without merit that his was the largest inauguration crowd in history, botched the COVID vaccine rollout, tweeted so much dangerous propaganda that Twitter eventually banned him, charged the Secret Service jacked-up rates at his properties, constantly interrupted Joe Biden in their first presidential debate, claimed that COVID would “magically” disappear, called a U.S. Senator “Pocahontas,” used his Twitter account to blast Nordstrom when it stopped selling Ivanka’s merchandise, opened up millions of pristine federal lands to development and drilling, got into a losing tariff war with China that forced US taxpayers to bail out farmers, claimed that his losing tariff war was a win for the US, ignored or didn’t even take part in daily intelligence briefings, blew off honoring American war dead in France because it was raining, redesigned Air Force One to look like the Trump Shuttle, got played by Kim Jung Un and his “love letters,” threatened to go after social media companies in clear violation of the Constitution, botched the response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, threw paper towels at Puerto Ricans when he finally visited them, pressured the governor and secretary of state of Georgia to “find” him votes, thought that the Virgin islands had a President, drew on a map with a Sharpie to justify his inaccurate tweet that Alabama was threatened by a hurricane, allowed White House staff to use personal email accounts for official businesses after blasting Hillary Clinton for doing the same thing, rolled back regulations that protected the public from mercury and asbestos, pushed regulators to waste time studying snake-oil remedies for COVID, rolled back regulations that stopped coal companies from dumping waste into rivers, held blatant campaign rallies at the White House, tried to take away millions of Americans’ health insurance because the law was named for a Black man, refused to attend his successors’ inauguration, nominated the worst Education Secretary in history, threatened judges who didn’t do what he wanted, attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci, promised that Mexico would pay for the wall (it didn’t), allowed political hacks to overrule government scientists on major reports on climate change and other issues, struggled navigating a ramp after claiming his opponent was feeble, called an African-American Congresswoman “low IQ,” threatened to withhold federal aid from states and cities with Democratic leaders, went ahead with rallies filled with maskless supporters in the middle of a pandemic, claimed that legitimate investigations of his wrongdoing were “witch hunts,” seemed to demonstrate a belief that there were airports during the American Revolution, demanded “total loyalty” from the FBI director, praised a conspiracy theory that Democrats are Satanic pedophiles, completely gutted the Voice of America, placed a political hack in charge of the Postal Service, claimed without evidence that the Obama administration bugged Trump Tower, suggested that the US should allow more people from places like Norway into the country, suggested that COVID wasn’t that bad because he recovered with the help of top government doctors and treatments not available to the public, overturned energy conservation standards that even industry supported, reduced the number of refugees the US accepts, insulted various members of Congress and the media with infantile nicknames, gave Rush Limbaugh a Presidential medal of Freedom at the State of the Union address, named as head of federal personnel a 29-year old who’d previously been fired from the White House for allegations of financial improprieties, eliminated the White House office of pandemic response, used soldiers as campaign props, fired any advisor who made the mistake of disagreeing with him, demanded the Pentagon throw him a Soviet-style military parade, hired a shit ton of white nationalists, politicized the civil service, did absolutely nothing after Russia hacked the U.S. government, falsely said the Boy Scouts called him to say his bizarre Jamboree speech was the best speech ever given to the Scouts, claimed that Black people would overrun the suburbs if Biden won, insulted reporters of color, insulted women reporters, insulted women reporters of color, suggested he was fine with China’s oppression of the Uighurs, attacked the Supreme Court when it ruled against him, summoned Pennsylvania state legislative leaders to the White House to pressure them to overturn the election, spent countless hours every day watching Fox News, refused to allow his administration to comply with Congressional subpoenas, hired Rudy Giuliani as his lawyer, tried to punish Amazon because the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post wrote negative stories about him, acted as if the Attorney General of the United States was his personal attorney, attempted to get the federal government to defend him in a libel lawsuit from a women who accused him of sexual assault, held private meetings with Vladimir Putin without staff present, didn’t disclose his private meetings with Vladimir Putin so that the US had to find out via Russian media, stopped holding press briefings for months at a time, “ordered” US companies to leave China even though he has no such power, led a political party that couldn’t even be bothered to draft a policy platform, claimed preposterously that Article II of the Constitution gave him absolute powers, tried to pressure the U.K. to hold the British Open at his golf course, suggested that the government nuke hurricanes, suggested that wind turbines cause cancer, said that he had a special aptitude for science, fired the head of election cyber security after he said that the 2020 election was secure, blurted out classified information to Russian officials, tried to force the G7 to hold their meeting at his failing golf resort in Florida, fired the acting attorney general when she refused to go along with his unconstitutional Muslim travel ban, hired Stephen Miller, openly discussed national security issues in the dining room at Mar-a-Lago where everyone could hear them, interfered with plans to relocate the FBI because a new development there might compete with his hotel, abandoned Iraqi refugees who’d helped the U.S. during the war, tried to get Russia back into the G7, held a COVID super spreader event in the Rose Garden, seemed to believe that Frederick Douglass is still alive, lost 60 election fraud cases in court including before judges he had nominated, falsely claimed that factories were reopening when they weren’t, shamelessly exploited terror attacks in Europe to justify his anti-immigrant policies, still hasn’t come up with a healthcare plan, still hasn’t come up with an infrastructure plan despite repeated “Infrastructure Weeks,” forced Secret Service agents to drive him around Walter Reed while contagious with COVID, told the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by,” fucked up the Census, withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organization in the middle of a pandemic, did so few of his duties that his press staff were forced to state on his daily schedule “President Trump will work from early in the morning until late in the evening. He will make many calls and have many meetings,” allowed his staff to repeatedly violate the Hatch Act, seemed not to know that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican, stood before sacred CIA wall of heroes and bragged about his election win, constantly claimed he was treated worse than any president which presumably includes four that were assassinated and his predecessor whose legitimacy and birthplace were challenged by a racist reality TV show star named Donald Trump, claimed Andrew Jackson could’ve stopped the Civil War even though he died 16 years before it happened, said that any opinion poll showing him behind was fake, claimed that other countries laughed at us before he became president when several world leaders were literally laughing at him, claimed that the military was out of ammunition before he became President, created a commission to whitewash American history, retweeted anti-Islam videos from one of the most racist people in Britain, claimed ludicrously that the Pulse nightclub shooting wouldn’t have happened if someone there had a gun even though there was an armed security guard there, hired a senior staffer who cited the non-existent Bowling Green Massacre as a reason to ban Muslims, had a press secretary who claimed that Nazi Germany never used chemical weapons even though every sane human being knows they used gas to kill millions of Jews and others, bilked the Secret Service for higher than market rates when they had to stay at Trump properties, apparently sold pardons on his way out of the White House, stripped protective status from 59,000 Haitians, falsely claimed Biden wanted to defund the police, said that the head of the CDC didn’t know what he was talking about, tried to rescind protection from DREAMers, gave himself an A+ for his handling of the pandemic, tried to start a boycott of Goodyear tires due to an Internet hoax, said U.S. rates of COVID would be lower if you didn’t count blue states, deported U.S. veterans who served their country but were undocumented, claimed he did more for African Americans than any president since Lincoln, touted a “super-duper” secret “hydrosonic” missile which may or may not be a new “hypersonic” missile or may not exist at all, retweeted a gif calling Biden a pedophile, forced through security clearances for his family, suggested that police officers should rough up suspects, suggested that Biden was on performance-enhancing drugs, tried to stop transgender students from being able to use school bathrooms in line with their gender, suggested the US not accept COVID patients from a cruise ship because it would make US numbers look higher, nominated a climate change sceptic to chair the committee advising the White House on environmental policy, retweeted a video doctored to look like Biden had played a song called “Fuck tha Police” at a campaign event, hugged a disturbingly large number of U.S. flags, accused Democrats of “treason” for not applauding his State of the Union address, claimed that the FBI failed to capture the Parkland school shooter because they were “spending too much time” on Russia, mocked the testimony of Dr Christine Blasey Ford when she accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, obsessed over low-flow toilets, ordered the rerelease of more COVID vaccines when there weren’t any to release, called for the construction of a bizarre garden of heroes with statutes of famous dead Americans as well as at least one Canadian (Alex Trebek), hijacked Washington’s July 4th celebrations to give a partisan speech, took advice from the MyPillow guy, claimed that migrants seeking a better life in the US were dangerous caravans of drug dealers and rapists, said nothing when Vladimir Putin poisoned a leading opposition figure, never seemed to heed the advice of his wife’s “Be Best” campaign, falsely claimed that mail-in voting is fraudulent, announced a precipitous withdrawal of troops from Syria which not only handed Russia and ISIS a win but also prompted his defense secretary to resign in protest, insulted the leader of Canada, insulted the leader of France, insulted the leader of Britain, insulted the leader of Germany, insulted the leader of Sweden (Sweden!!), falsely claimed credit for getting NATO members to increase their share of dues, blew off two Asia summits even though they were held virtually, continued lying about spending lots of time at Ground Zero with 9/11 responders, said that the Japanese would sit back and watch their “Sony televisions” if the US were ever attacked, left a NATO summit early in a huff, stared directly into an eclipse even though everyone over the age of 5 knows not to do that, called himself a very stable genius despite significant evidence to the contrary, refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power and kept his promise, and a whole bunch of other things I can’t remember at the moment.
But other than that. . .

It should be noted that the former guy was quick to get his Covid-19 vaccine injection as a role model of social responsibility and a symbol of scientific acumen that the timid, the paranoid, and the ignorant can emulate, as well as his personal affirmation of voting by mail as a secure method of exercising one's public franchise. Deed speak louder than the words he brays.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Done? What precisely did kissing the ass of China do about corona at the start of the pandemic? LOL. I love how Trump supporters twist themselves into knots to conjure up some reason to defend him.

His years as a scammer and failed businessman directly led to him lying about the virus to the american people, just like he lied to all his investors about how wonderful the businesses they help put money into are doing. He's been doing this his entire life.

Failed businessman? The guy flies around on his own jetliner and is a multi-billionaire that has spent time with the most beautiful women in the world, and was a household name before becoming President. You can only dream about being such a failure.

Trump was seeking any information about this virus that he could get out of China to help our people combat it. It's China that did all these studies on the virus--not the US. They had the information that we could use.

^ 'Failed businessman?'
Here Are All of Trump’s Bankruptcies and Failed Businesses

September 8, 2016

By Sahid Fawaz

Donald Trump loves to talk big about how great he is at business. His record says otherwise.
Trump’s failed businesses:
1. Trump Steaks
2. GoTrump
3. Trump Airlines
4. Trump Vodka
5. Trump Mortgage
6. Trump: The Game
7. Trump Magazine
8. Trump University
9. Trump Ice
10. The New Jersey Generals
11. Tour de Trump
12. Trump Network
13. Trumped!

Trump companies that sought bankruptcy protection:
1. Trump Taj Mahal
2. Trump’s Castle
3. Trump Plaza Casinos
4. Trump Plaza Hotel
5. Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts
6. Trump Entertainment Resorts
Here Are All of Trump’s Bankruptcies and Failed Businesses

' The guy flies around on his own jetliner...
Glory days of Trump's gold-plated 757 seem far away as plane sits idle at a sleepy airport
By Kate Bennett and Pete Muntean, CNN
Updated 10:54 PM ET, Fri March 19, 2021

Washington (CNN)Trump's personal Boeing 757 was always the crown jewel of his wealth -- the ultimate sign that he had made it. He's used it as a backdrop for sleek photo shoots, campaign rallies, VIP tours, for shots of him eating his Big Macs and KFC, plated, with a knife and fork. Trump loved to show it off -- the customized cream-colored leather seats, gilded bathrooms, the seat buckles layered in 24-karat gold.
But today it sits idle on an airport ramp in Orange County, New York, about 60 miles north of Manhattan.
One engine is missing parts. The other is shrink-wrapped in plastic. The cost to fix and get it flyable could reach well into the high six-figures, a price-tag Trump doesn't appear to be dealing with right now. Though the current state of his finances aren't public, the Covid-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the hospitality industry home to so many of his businesses.

The choice [?] to leave it outside at a northeastern airport, exposed to the elements, has baffled aviation experts who spoke with CNN. They note that it's just a few hours' flight to warmer, more arid climes. Snow, rain, and moisture can lead to metal corrosion of the airframe and the engines -- hard to detect, and, in severe cases, catastrophic.

A money suck
But, like many Trump accoutrements crafted for the purpose of marketing, the reality of the giant jet was different behind the scenes. It was a money suck, a plane past its prime with decaying mechanics and exorbitant storage fees.
Glory days of Trump's gold-plated 757 seem far away as plane sits idle at a sleepy airport

' ... and is a multi-billionaire...'
lol! & how do you KNOW that ray, ray? from the tax returns he showed when he was nomin... oh wait - that NEVER happened.

' ...that has spent time with the most beautiful women in the world,...
you mean PAID to spend time with?

' ... and was a household name before becoming President. '

yes - as a spoiled conman, ripe with fraud & bankruptcy, & a failed tv reality 'star' who knew that facade would get people to give up their hard EARNED cash to him, making them believe that they too can be like him.

“The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people’s fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That’s why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. I call it truthful hyperbole. It’s an innocent form of exaggeration—and a very effective form of promotion.”
~ DJT 'the art of the deal'

Quit using the Communist News Network as your source. Communists constantly lie. Just look at your party.

Donald Trump owned or operated 500 businesses in his career. Four of those businesses had to file for bankruptcy. That's less than a 1% failure rate any CEO would love to have. Donald Trump himself never filed a personal bankruptcy.

The Trump Organization - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Fact-checking claims about Donald Trump's four bankruptcies

In an effort to take out frontrunner Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidates have pelted Trump with criticism o

www.politifact.com

 

[playtime]

Done? What precisely did kissing the ass of China do about corona at the start of the pandemic? LOL. I love how Trump supporters twist themselves into knots to conjure up some reason to defend him.

His years as a scammer and failed businessman directly led to him lying about the virus to the american people, just like he lied to all his investors about how wonderful the businesses they help put money into are doing. He's been doing this his entire life.

Failed businessman? The guy flies around on his own jetliner and is a multi-billionaire that has spent time with the most beautiful women in the world, and was a household name before becoming President. You can only dream about being such a failure.

Trump was seeking any information about this virus that he could get out of China to help our people combat it. It's China that did all these studies on the virus--not the US. They had the information that we could use.

^ 'Failed businessman?'
Here Are All of Trump’s Bankruptcies and Failed Businesses

September 8, 2016

By Sahid Fawaz

Donald Trump loves to talk big about how great he is at business. His record says otherwise.
Trump’s failed businesses:
1. Trump Steaks
2. GoTrump
3. Trump Airlines
4. Trump Vodka
5. Trump Mortgage
6. Trump: The Game
7. Trump Magazine
8. Trump University
9. Trump Ice
10. The New Jersey Generals
11. Tour de Trump
12. Trump Network
13. Trumped!

Trump companies that sought bankruptcy protection:
1. Trump Taj Mahal
2. Trump’s Castle
3. Trump Plaza Casinos
4. Trump Plaza Hotel
5. Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts
6. Trump Entertainment Resorts
Here Are All of Trump’s Bankruptcies and Failed Businesses

' The guy flies around on his own jetliner...
Glory days of Trump's gold-plated 757 seem far away as plane sits idle at a sleepy airport
By Kate Bennett and Pete Muntean, CNN
Updated 10:54 PM ET, Fri March 19, 2021

Washington (CNN)Trump's personal Boeing 757 was always the crown jewel of his wealth -- the ultimate sign that he had made it. He's used it as a backdrop for sleek photo shoots, campaign rallies, VIP tours, for shots of him eating his Big Macs and KFC, plated, with a knife and fork. Trump loved to show it off -- the customized cream-colored leather seats, gilded bathrooms, the seat buckles layered in 24-karat gold.
But today it sits idle on an airport ramp in Orange County, New York, about 60 miles north of Manhattan.
One engine is missing parts. The other is shrink-wrapped in plastic. The cost to fix and get it flyable could reach well into the high six-figures, a price-tag Trump doesn't appear to be dealing with right now. Though the current state of his finances aren't public, the Covid-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the hospitality industry home to so many of his businesses.

The choice [?] to leave it outside at a northeastern airport, exposed to the elements, has baffled aviation experts who spoke with CNN. They note that it's just a few hours' flight to warmer, more arid climes. Snow, rain, and moisture can lead to metal corrosion of the airframe and the engines -- hard to detect, and, in severe cases, catastrophic.

A money suck
But, like many Trump accoutrements crafted for the purpose of marketing, the reality of the giant jet was different behind the scenes. It was a money suck, a plane past its prime with decaying mechanics and exorbitant storage fees.
Glory days of Trump's gold-plated 757 seem far away as plane sits idle at a sleepy airport

' ... and is a multi-billionaire...'
lol! & how do you KNOW that ray, ray? from the tax returns he showed when he was nomin... oh wait - that NEVER happened.

' ...that has spent time with the most beautiful women in the world,...
you mean PAID to spend time with?

' ... and was a household name before becoming President. '

yes - as a spoiled conman, ripe with fraud & bankruptcy, & a failed tv reality 'star' who knew that facade would get people to give up their hard EARNED cash to him, making them believe that they too can be like him.

“The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people’s fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That’s why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. I call it truthful hyperbole. It’s an innocent form of exaggeration—and a very effective form of promotion.”
~ DJT 'the art of the deal'

Quit using the Communist News Network as your source. Communists constantly lie. Just look at your party.

Donald Trump owned or operated 500 businesses in his career. Four of those businesses had to file for bankruptcy. That's less than a 1% failure rate any CEO would love to have. Donald Trump himself never filed a personal bankruptcy.

The Trump Organization - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Fact-checking claims about Donald Trump's four bankruptcies

In an effort to take out frontrunner Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidates have pelted Trump with criticism o

www.politifact.com

wiki? WIKI?????????? not accepted as a reliable source on a university level, ray ray because wiki has been manipulated in the past to give false info.

from politifact:

Bankruptcy 1: The Trump Taj Mahal, 1991

By 1991, the casino was nearly $3 billion in debt, while Trump had racked up nearly $900 million in personal liabilities, so the business decided to file for Chapter 11 reorganization, according to the New York Times.

Bankruptcy 2: Trump Plaza Hotel, 1992

Trump acquired the Plaza Hotel in New York for $390 million in 1988. By 1992, the hotel had accumulated $550 million in debt.

Bankruptcy 3: Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts, 2004

Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts filed for bankruptcy again in 2004 when his casinos -- including the Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Marina and Trump Plaza casinos in Atlantic City and a riverboat casino in Indiana -- had accrued an estimated $1.8 billion in debt, according to the Associated Press.

lol ... not sure how that is suppose to help you, raymond.



^^^because he doesn't really have any of his own.^^^

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Again, Trump only hires the best people. One of his best people should have said, "Hey, guys, we are low on PPE and ventilators". he didn't. Instead he disbanded the Pandemic Response Team and threw out the Pandemic Response Plan and withdrew the CDC team that was coordinating possible outbreaks with the Chinese government.

Schools of government will be teaching about Trump's actions before and during the Pandemic under "Don't Do That."

Why do you people continue to lie when I debunk your claims showing you those lies with sources? You leftists are like talking to a wall. Brainwashing works so well with you people. When you people post, it's like watching watching a person clucking like a chicken on stage at a hypnotist show. I'd post thew links again, but as always, you won't click on one of them, even though they are left leaning sources. Even if you decided to educate yourself on the truth, you'd continue posting the same lies.

In the US, the pandemic team was disbanded. Most of the people that worked on this worthless team were still working for the government. In China, the team consisted of mostly Chinese people with a few Americans, who were stationed in Beijing some 600 miles away from Wuhan. They too were not disbanded. A few Americans were sent home, but others and all the Chinese members remained.

Furthermore, there is zero evidence that even if untouched, either of those groups would have made any difference. China kept the virus a secret from the world conspiring with the WHO, who slow Joe recently mended relationships with.

Which again, they probalby would have been a lot more cooperative about if Trump hadn't ruined relations with China as badly as he did.

Either Trump was kissing as as your comrades claim, or he ruined our relationship. You better get together with your fellow Communists do decide which one it is, because it can't be both.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Done? What precisely did kissing the ass of China do about corona at the start of the pandemic? LOL. I love how Trump supporters twist themselves into knots to conjure up some reason to defend him.

His years as a scammer and failed businessman directly led to him lying about the virus to the american people, just like he lied to all his investors about how wonderful the businesses they help put money into are doing. He's been doing this his entire life.

Failed businessman? The guy flies around on his own jetliner and is a multi-billionaire that has spent time with the most beautiful women in the world, and was a household name before becoming President. You can only dream about being such a failure.

Trump was seeking any information about this virus that he could get out of China to help our people combat it. It's China that did all these studies on the virus--not the US. They had the information that we could use.

^ 'Failed businessman?'
Here Are All of Trump’s Bankruptcies and Failed Businesses

September 8, 2016

By Sahid Fawaz

Donald Trump loves to talk big about how great he is at business. His record says otherwise.
Trump’s failed businesses:
1. Trump Steaks
2. GoTrump
3. Trump Airlines
4. Trump Vodka
5. Trump Mortgage
6. Trump: The Game
7. Trump Magazine
8. Trump University
9. Trump Ice
10. The New Jersey Generals
11. Tour de Trump
12. Trump Network
13. Trumped!

Trump companies that sought bankruptcy protection:
1. Trump Taj Mahal
2. Trump’s Castle
3. Trump Plaza Casinos
4. Trump Plaza Hotel
5. Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts
6. Trump Entertainment Resorts
Here Are All of Trump’s Bankruptcies and Failed Businesses

' The guy flies around on his own jetliner...
Glory days of Trump's gold-plated 757 seem far away as plane sits idle at a sleepy airport
By Kate Bennett and Pete Muntean, CNN
Updated 10:54 PM ET, Fri March 19, 2021

Washington (CNN)Trump's personal Boeing 757 was always the crown jewel of his wealth -- the ultimate sign that he had made it. He's used it as a backdrop for sleek photo shoots, campaign rallies, VIP tours, for shots of him eating his Big Macs and KFC, plated, with a knife and fork. Trump loved to show it off -- the customized cream-colored leather seats, gilded bathrooms, the seat buckles layered in 24-karat gold.
But today it sits idle on an airport ramp in Orange County, New York, about 60 miles north of Manhattan.
One engine is missing parts. The other is shrink-wrapped in plastic. The cost to fix and get it flyable could reach well into the high six-figures, a price-tag Trump doesn't appear to be dealing with right now. Though the current state of his finances aren't public, the Covid-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the hospitality industry home to so many of his businesses.

The choice [?] to leave it outside at a northeastern airport, exposed to the elements, has baffled aviation experts who spoke with CNN. They note that it's just a few hours' flight to warmer, more arid climes. Snow, rain, and moisture can lead to metal corrosion of the airframe and the engines -- hard to detect, and, in severe cases, catastrophic.

A money suck
But, like many Trump accoutrements crafted for the purpose of marketing, the reality of the giant jet was different behind the scenes. It was a money suck, a plane past its prime with decaying mechanics and exorbitant storage fees.
Glory days of Trump's gold-plated 757 seem far away as plane sits idle at a sleepy airport

' ... and is a multi-billionaire...'
lol! & how do you KNOW that ray, ray? from the tax returns he showed when he was nomin... oh wait - that NEVER happened.

' ...that has spent time with the most beautiful women in the world,...
you mean PAID to spend time with?

' ... and was a household name before becoming President. '

yes - as a spoiled conman, ripe with fraud & bankruptcy, & a failed tv reality 'star' who knew that facade would get people to give up their hard EARNED cash to him, making them believe that they too can be like him.

“The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people’s fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That’s why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. I call it truthful hyperbole. It’s an innocent form of exaggeration—and a very effective form of promotion.”
~ DJT 'the art of the deal'

Quit using the Communist News Network as your source. Communists constantly lie. Just look at your party.

Donald Trump owned or operated 500 businesses in his career. Four of those businesses had to file for bankruptcy. That's less than a 1% failure rate any CEO would love to have. Donald Trump himself never filed a personal bankruptcy.

The Trump Organization - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Fact-checking claims about Donald Trump's four bankruptcies

In an effort to take out frontrunner Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidates have pelted Trump with criticism o

www.politifact.com

wiki? WIKI?????????? not accepted as a reliable source on a university level, ray ray because wiki has been manipulated in the past to give false info.

from politifact:

Bankruptcy 1: The Trump Taj Mahal, 1991

By 1991, the casino was nearly $3 billion in debt, while Trump had racked up nearly $900 million in personal liabilities, so the business decided to file for Chapter 11 reorganization, according to the New York Times.

Bankruptcy 2: Trump Plaza Hotel, 1992

Trump acquired the Plaza Hotel in New York for $390 million in 1988. By 1992, the hotel had accumulated $550 million in debt.

Bankruptcy 3: Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts, 2004

Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts filed for bankruptcy again in 2004 when his casinos -- including the Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Marina and Trump Plaza casinos in Atlantic City and a riverboat casino in Indiana -- had accrued an estimated $1.8 billion in debt, according to the Associated Press.

lol ... not sure how that is suppose to help you, raymond.



^^^because he doesn't really have any of his own.^^^

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Not sure how it would help? How much did you drink last night to reply like that? Your lying post said Trump filed 6 bankruptcies and my source said four. If Trump didn't own or operate 500 businesses, then don't just point and say "Wiki!" Post a reliable site showing that Wiki is incorrect.

 

[playtime]

Done? What precisely did kissing the ass of China do about corona at the start of the pandemic? LOL. I love how Trump supporters twist themselves into knots to conjure up some reason to defend him.

His years as a scammer and failed businessman directly led to him lying about the virus to the american people, just like he lied to all his investors about how wonderful the businesses they help put money into are doing. He's been doing this his entire life.

Failed businessman? The guy flies around on his own jetliner and is a multi-billionaire that has spent time with the most beautiful women in the world, and was a household name before becoming President. You can only dream about being such a failure.

Trump was seeking any information about this virus that he could get out of China to help our people combat it. It's China that did all these studies on the virus--not the US. They had the information that we could use.

^ 'Failed businessman?'
Here Are All of Trump’s Bankruptcies and Failed Businesses

September 8, 2016

By Sahid Fawaz

Donald Trump loves to talk big about how great he is at business. His record says otherwise.
Trump’s failed businesses:
1. Trump Steaks
2. GoTrump
3. Trump Airlines
4. Trump Vodka
5. Trump Mortgage
6. Trump: The Game
7. Trump Magazine
8. Trump University
9. Trump Ice
10. The New Jersey Generals
11. Tour de Trump
12. Trump Network
13. Trumped!

Trump companies that sought bankruptcy protection:
1. Trump Taj Mahal
2. Trump’s Castle
3. Trump Plaza Casinos
4. Trump Plaza Hotel
5. Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts
6. Trump Entertainment Resorts
Here Are All of Trump’s Bankruptcies and Failed Businesses

' The guy flies around on his own jetliner...
Glory days of Trump's gold-plated 757 seem far away as plane sits idle at a sleepy airport
By Kate Bennett and Pete Muntean, CNN
Updated 10:54 PM ET, Fri March 19, 2021

Washington (CNN)Trump's personal Boeing 757 was always the crown jewel of his wealth -- the ultimate sign that he had made it. He's used it as a backdrop for sleek photo shoots, campaign rallies, VIP tours, for shots of him eating his Big Macs and KFC, plated, with a knife and fork. Trump loved to show it off -- the customized cream-colored leather seats, gilded bathrooms, the seat buckles layered in 24-karat gold.
But today it sits idle on an airport ramp in Orange County, New York, about 60 miles north of Manhattan.
One engine is missing parts. The other is shrink-wrapped in plastic. The cost to fix and get it flyable could reach well into the high six-figures, a price-tag Trump doesn't appear to be dealing with right now. Though the current state of his finances aren't public, the Covid-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the hospitality industry home to so many of his businesses.

The choice [?] to leave it outside at a northeastern airport, exposed to the elements, has baffled aviation experts who spoke with CNN. They note that it's just a few hours' flight to warmer, more arid climes. Snow, rain, and moisture can lead to metal corrosion of the airframe and the engines -- hard to detect, and, in severe cases, catastrophic.

A money suck
But, like many Trump accoutrements crafted for the purpose of marketing, the reality of the giant jet was different behind the scenes. It was a money suck, a plane past its prime with decaying mechanics and exorbitant storage fees.
Glory days of Trump's gold-plated 757 seem far away as plane sits idle at a sleepy airport

' ... and is a multi-billionaire...'
lol! & how do you KNOW that ray, ray? from the tax returns he showed when he was nomin... oh wait - that NEVER happened.

' ...that has spent time with the most beautiful women in the world,...
you mean PAID to spend time with?

' ... and was a household name before becoming President. '

yes - as a spoiled conman, ripe with fraud & bankruptcy, & a failed tv reality 'star' who knew that facade would get people to give up their hard EARNED cash to him, making them believe that they too can be like him.

“The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people’s fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That’s why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. I call it truthful hyperbole. It’s an innocent form of exaggeration—and a very effective form of promotion.”
~ DJT 'the art of the deal'

Quit using the Communist News Network as your source. Communists constantly lie. Just look at your party.

Donald Trump owned or operated 500 businesses in his career. Four of those businesses had to file for bankruptcy. That's less than a 1% failure rate any CEO would love to have. Donald Trump himself never filed a personal bankruptcy.

The Trump Organization - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Fact-checking claims about Donald Trump's four bankruptcies

In an effort to take out frontrunner Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidates have pelted Trump with criticism o

www.politifact.com

wiki? WIKI?????????? not accepted as a reliable source on a university level, ray ray because wiki has been manipulated in the past to give false info.

from politifact:

Bankruptcy 1: The Trump Taj Mahal, 1991

By 1991, the casino was nearly $3 billion in debt, while Trump had racked up nearly $900 million in personal liabilities, so the business decided to file for Chapter 11 reorganization, according to the New York Times.

Bankruptcy 2: Trump Plaza Hotel, 1992

Trump acquired the Plaza Hotel in New York for $390 million in 1988. By 1992, the hotel had accumulated $550 million in debt.

Bankruptcy 3: Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts, 2004

Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts filed for bankruptcy again in 2004 when his casinos -- including the Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Marina and Trump Plaza casinos in Atlantic City and a riverboat casino in Indiana -- had accrued an estimated $1.8 billion in debt, according to the Associated Press.

lol ... not sure how that is suppose to help you, raymond.



^^^because he doesn't really have any of his own.^^^

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Not sure how it would help? How much did you drink last night to reply like that? Your lying post said Trump filed 6 bankruptcies and my source said four. If Trump didn't own or operate 500 businesses, then don't just point and say "Wiki!" Post a reliable site showing that Wiki is incorrect.

AM

September 27 by Michelle Lee

Fact Check: Has Trump declared bankruptcy four or six times?

“You’ve taken business bankruptcies six times.”
–Hillary Clinton

“On occasion – four times – we used certain laws that are there.”

–Donald Trump

THE FACT CHECKER | Clinton is correct.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...-trump-declared-bankruptcy-four-or-six-times/

ray ray ray ... 500 business'? really? no wonder he's in hock up to his tribblehead. why did duetsche & signature banks cut ties with him after cooperating with SDNY's cy vance & his team, including a RICO prosecutor?

i got a GREAT article, dated from 1990 ... that shows just how much self CONtrol donny has with his spending & love of debt... how well he manages his lifestyle... all because of his keen sense of biz'niz.

interested or are you afraid you may not have yet another excuse?

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

AM

September 27 by Michelle Lee

Fact Check: Has Trump declared bankruptcy four or six times?

“You’ve taken business bankruptcies six times.”
–Hillary Clinton

“On occasion – four times – we used certain laws that are there.”

–Donald Trump

THE FACT CHECKER | Clinton is correct.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...-trump-declared-bankruptcy-four-or-six-times/

ray ray ray ... 500 business'? really? no wonder he's in hock up to his tribblehead. why did duetsche & signature banks cut ties with him after cooperating with SDNY's cy vance & his team, including a RICO prosecutor?

i got a GREAT article, dated from 1990 ... that shows just how much self CONtrol donny has with his spending & love of debt... how well he manages his lifestyle... all because of his keen sense of biz'niz.

interested or are you afraid you may not have yet another excuse?

Not interested because your links are useless. Do you really think you're the only leftist to post a site with a paywall so nobody could read it, including yourself? Trust me, it's a common leftist strategy. That's besides the fact that Politifact is more reliable than the Post.

But let's meet in the middle and say it was five bankruptcies. That still means his failure rate is 1%, again, a rate that any CEO would be proud of.

Trump is not in hock with anybody. Those bankruptcies happened many years before Trump even thought of President, and happened during a downturn in the economy. The man lost over a billion dollars of net worth in his first year of the presidency. He has the money to lose, and lost it to lead our country.

 

[krichton]

Done? What precisely did kissing the ass of China do about corona at the start of the pandemic? LOL. I love how Trump supporters twist themselves into knots to conjure up some reason to defend him.

His years as a scammer and failed businessman directly led to him lying about the virus to the american people, just like he lied to all his investors about how wonderful the businesses they help put money into are doing. He's been doing this his entire life.

Failed businessman? The guy flies around on his own jetliner and is a multi-billionaire that has spent time with the most beautiful women in the world, and was a household name before becoming President. You can only dream about being such a failure.

Trump was seeking any information about this virus that he could get out of China to help our people combat it. It's China that did all these studies on the virus--not the US. They had the information that we could use.

Dream of being a criminal? Perhaps this is your dream, but it isn't mine. Trump is a great example of someone who failed and cheated his way upwards. Real billionaires don't need to steal from kids cancer charities, they don't need to build fake universities to steal tuition money. They don't sell property to russians looking to launder money overseas. This and many other criminal or dishonest activities is how Trump makes money to pay off his multitudes of debt, which he's up to his eyeballs in.

 

[krichton]

AM

September 27 by Michelle Lee

Fact Check: Has Trump declared bankruptcy four or six times?

“You’ve taken business bankruptcies six times.”
–Hillary Clinton

“On occasion – four times – we used certain laws that are there.”

–Donald Trump

THE FACT CHECKER | Clinton is correct.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...-trump-declared-bankruptcy-four-or-six-times/

ray ray ray ... 500 business'? really? no wonder he's in hock up to his tribblehead. why did duetsche & signature banks cut ties with him after cooperating with SDNY's cy vance & his team, including a RICO prosecutor?

i got a GREAT article, dated from 1990 ... that shows just how much self CONtrol donny has with his spending & love of debt... how well he manages his lifestyle... all because of his keen sense of biz'niz.

interested or are you afraid you may not have yet another excuse?

Not interested because your links are useless. Do you really think you're the only leftist to post a site with a paywall so nobody could read it, including yourself? Trust me, it's a common leftist strategy. That's besides the fact that Politifact is more reliable than the Post.

But let's meet in the middle and say it was five bankruptcies. That still means his failure rate is 1%, again, a rate that any CEO would be proud of.

Trump is not in hock with anybody. Those bankruptcies happened many years before Trump even thought of President, and happened during a downturn in the economy. The man lost over a billion dollars of net worth in his first year of the presidency. He has the money to lose, and lost it to lead our country.

How many CEOs are proud of losing hundreds of millions like Trump has? He

Done? What precisely did kissing the ass of China do about corona at the start of the pandemic? LOL. I love how Trump supporters twist themselves into knots to conjure up some reason to defend him.

His years as a scammer and failed businessman directly led to him lying about the virus to the american people, just like he lied to all his investors about how wonderful the businesses they help put money into are doing. He's been doing this his entire life.

Failed businessman? The guy flies around on his own jetliner and is a multi-billionaire that has spent time with the most beautiful women in the world, and was a household name before becoming President. You can only dream about being such a failure.

Trump was seeking any information about this virus that he could get out of China to help our people combat it. It's China that did all these studies on the virus--not the US. They had the information that we could use.

^ 'Failed businessman?'
Here Are All of Trump’s Bankruptcies and Failed Businesses

September 8, 2016

By Sahid Fawaz

Donald Trump loves to talk big about how great he is at business. His record says otherwise.
Trump’s failed businesses:
1. Trump Steaks
2. GoTrump
3. Trump Airlines
4. Trump Vodka
5. Trump Mortgage
6. Trump: The Game
7. Trump Magazine
8. Trump University
9. Trump Ice
10. The New Jersey Generals
11. Tour de Trump
12. Trump Network
13. Trumped!

Trump companies that sought bankruptcy protection:
1. Trump Taj Mahal
2. Trump’s Castle
3. Trump Plaza Casinos
4. Trump Plaza Hotel
5. Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts
6. Trump Entertainment Resorts
Here Are All of Trump’s Bankruptcies and Failed Businesses

' The guy flies around on his own jetliner...
Glory days of Trump's gold-plated 757 seem far away as plane sits idle at a sleepy airport
By Kate Bennett and Pete Muntean, CNN
Updated 10:54 PM ET, Fri March 19, 2021

Washington (CNN)Trump's personal Boeing 757 was always the crown jewel of his wealth -- the ultimate sign that he had made it. He's used it as a backdrop for sleek photo shoots, campaign rallies, VIP tours, for shots of him eating his Big Macs and KFC, plated, with a knife and fork. Trump loved to show it off -- the customized cream-colored leather seats, gilded bathrooms, the seat buckles layered in 24-karat gold.
But today it sits idle on an airport ramp in Orange County, New York, about 60 miles north of Manhattan.
One engine is missing parts. The other is shrink-wrapped in plastic. The cost to fix and get it flyable could reach well into the high six-figures, a price-tag Trump doesn't appear to be dealing with right now. Though the current state of his finances aren't public, the Covid-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the hospitality industry home to so many of his businesses.

The choice [?] to leave it outside at a northeastern airport, exposed to the elements, has baffled aviation experts who spoke with CNN. They note that it's just a few hours' flight to warmer, more arid climes. Snow, rain, and moisture can lead to metal corrosion of the airframe and the engines -- hard to detect, and, in severe cases, catastrophic.

A money suck
But, like many Trump accoutrements crafted for the purpose of marketing, the reality of the giant jet was different behind the scenes. It was a money suck, a plane past its prime with decaying mechanics and exorbitant storage fees.
Glory days of Trump's gold-plated 757 seem far away as plane sits idle at a sleepy airport

' ... and is a multi-billionaire...'
lol! & how do you KNOW that ray, ray? from the tax returns he showed when he was nomin... oh wait - that NEVER happened.

' ...that has spent time with the most beautiful women in the world,...
you mean PAID to spend time with?

' ... and was a household name before becoming President. '

yes - as a spoiled conman, ripe with fraud & bankruptcy, & a failed tv reality 'star' who knew that facade would get people to give up their hard EARNED cash to him, making them believe that they too can be like him.

“The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people’s fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That’s why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. I call it truthful hyperbole. It’s an innocent form of exaggeration—and a very effective form of promotion.”
~ DJT 'the art of the deal'

Trump is a walking money pit. I credit him for being the biggest scam artist ever. He borrows hundreds of millions of dollars from banks and then never pays it back, then files for bankruptcy and does it over and over. Who wouldn't be a billionaire if they did that?

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

How many CEOs are proud of losing hundreds of millions like Trump has?

Think Trump is the only one? I'm sure they're very proud with a 1% bankruptcy record.

Trump is a walking money pit. I credit him for being the biggest scam artist ever. He borrows hundreds of millions of dollars from banks and then never pays it back, then files for bankruptcy and does it over and over. Who wouldn't be a billionaire if they did that?

Over and over? He filed four bankruptcies in his entire career. I don't think that qualifies for over and over.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Dream of being a criminal? Perhaps this is your dream, but it isn't mine. Trump is a great example of someone who failed and cheated his way upwards. Real billionaires don't need to steal from kids cancer charities, they don't need to build fake universities to steal tuition money. They don't sell property to russians looking to launder money overseas. This and many other criminal or dishonest activities is how Trump makes money to pay off his multitudes of debt, which he's up to his eyeballs in.

Normal business activity is now criminal? I await for you to post the charges and convictions. Oh......that's right, that never happened. You leftists make up lies as you write.

 

[playtime]

AM

September 27 by Michelle Lee

Fact Check: Has Trump declared bankruptcy four or six times?

“You’ve taken business bankruptcies six times.”
–Hillary Clinton

“On occasion – four times – we used certain laws that are there.”

–Donald Trump

THE FACT CHECKER | Clinton is correct.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...-trump-declared-bankruptcy-four-or-six-times/

ray ray ray ... 500 business'? really? no wonder he's in hock up to his tribblehead. why did duetsche & signature banks cut ties with him after cooperating with SDNY's cy vance & his team, including a RICO prosecutor?

i got a GREAT article, dated from 1990 ... that shows just how much self CONtrol donny has with his spending & love of debt... how well he manages his lifestyle... all because of his keen sense of biz'niz.

interested or are you afraid you may not have yet another excuse?

Not interested because your links are useless. Do you really think you're the only leftist to post a site with a paywall so nobody could read it, including yourself? Trust me, it's a common leftist strategy. That's besides the fact that Politifact is more reliable than the Post.

But let's meet in the middle and say it was five bankruptcies. That still means his failure rate is 1%, again, a rate that any CEO would be proud of.

Trump is not in hock with anybody. Those bankruptcies happened many years before Trump even thought of President, and happened during a downturn in the economy. The man lost over a billion dollars of net worth in his first year of the presidency. He has the money to lose, and lost it to lead our country.

bullshit - there is no paywall, ray ray... here it is - in it's entirety & guess where WaPo got it's FACTS? straight from politifact as you can see in the article:


by Michelle Lee

Fact Check: Has Trump declared bankruptcy four or six times?


“You’ve taken business bankruptcies six times.”
–Hillary Clinton

“On occasion – four times – we used certain laws that are there.”

–Donald Trump

THE FACT CHECKER | Clinton is correct.

Trump’s companies have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which means a company can remain in business while wiping away many of its debts. The bankruptcy court ultimately approves a corporate budget and a plan to repay remaining debts; often shareholders lose much of their equity.

Trump’s Taj Mahal opened in April 1990 in Atlantic City, but six months later, “defaulted on interest payments to bondholders as his finances went into a tailspin,” The Washington Post’s Robert O’Harrow found. In July 1991, Trump’s Taj Mahal filed for bankruptcy. He could not keep up with debts on two other Atlantic City casinos, and those two properties declared bankruptcy in 1992. A fourth property, the Plaza Hotel in New York, declared bankruptcy in 1992 after amassing debt.

PolitiFact uncovered two more bankruptcies filed after 1992, totaling six. Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts filed for bankruptcy again in 2004, after accruing about $1.8 billion in debt. Trump Entertainment Resorts also declared bankruptcy in 2009, after being hit hard during the 2008 recession.

Why the discrepancy? Perhaps this will give us an idea: Trump told Washington Post reporters that he counted the first three bankruptcies as just one.

 

[playtime]

AM

September 27 by Michelle Lee

Fact Check: Has Trump declared bankruptcy four or six times?

“You’ve taken business bankruptcies six times.”
–Hillary Clinton

“On occasion – four times – we used certain laws that are there.”

–Donald Trump

THE FACT CHECKER | Clinton is correct.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...-trump-declared-bankruptcy-four-or-six-times/

ray ray ray ... 500 business'? really? no wonder he's in hock up to his tribblehead. why did duetsche & signature banks cut ties with him after cooperating with SDNY's cy vance & his team, including a RICO prosecutor?

i got a GREAT article, dated from 1990 ... that shows just how much self CONtrol donny has with his spending & love of debt... how well he manages his lifestyle... all because of his keen sense of biz'niz.

interested or are you afraid you may not have yet another excuse?

Not interested because your links are useless. Do you really think you're the only leftist to post a site with a paywall so nobody could read it, including yourself? Trust me, it's a common leftist strategy. That's besides the fact that Politifact is more reliable than the Post.

But let's meet in the middle and say it was five bankruptcies. That still means his failure rate is 1%, again, a rate that any CEO would be proud of.

Trump is not in hock with anybody. Those bankruptcies happened many years before Trump even thought of President, and happened during a downturn in the economy. The man lost over a billion dollars of net worth in his first year of the presidency. He has the money to lose, and lost it to lead our country.

now that i c/p WaPO, i don't care that you're not interested in this, ray ray ray RAY ray.... happy fucking reading:


Quick: Who'd Have Trouble Living on $450,000 a Month?
By Kurt Eichenwald

• June 26, 1990

Donald J. Trump, who has lectured America about architecture, foreign policy and, most of all, how to do deals, may be about to learn a lesson of his own: how to live in Manhattan on $450,000 a month.
That scarcely onerous restriction is being imposed by Mr. Trump's bankers, who have insisted that the man who has made conspicuous consumption a personal trademark must curb his spending a bit.
Moreover, the $450,000-a-month allowance excludes some of the largest of Mr. Trump's daunting expenses, the bankers say. These extras, based on Mr. Trump's spending in May, include the costs of maintaining his personal 727 jetliner ($246,000) and his 282-foot yacht ($841,000). The yacht and the personal jet, to be sure, may be sold to trim the real estate developer's mountainous debts.
In May, Mr. Trump also paid interest of $2.1 million on his personal debt, while his legal, charitable and business expenses totaled $382,000. His interest payments and various expenses do not count as personal spending, either.

Still, the $450,000-a-month limit will require some belt-tightening on Mr. Trump's part. In May, his bankers report, Mr. Trump's personal spending amounted to $583,000 for day-to-day necessities of the ultrarich life style, which range from his $2,000 suits to the costs of maids, gardeners and chefs at his three homes.
So to meet the bankers' target, Mr. Trump must trim his personal expenses by more than $100,000 from the May level. If he can do that, the banks will agree to lend Mr. Trump even more money.

The terms are being required by the banks, which are attempting to structure a loan to Mr. Trump to keep his faltering empire out of bankruptcy court.
The personal spending limits agreed to by the banks, though a cutback for Mr. Trump, still come to $5.4 million a year. If the banks agree to the terms of the new loan, in the month of July, for example, Mr. Trump would have to hold his expenses to just $14,516.13 a day, or $10.08 every minute of the day and night.
'It's Just Phenomenal'
Even the truly wealthy found Mr. Trump's manner of spending, reduced circumstances or not, to be remarkable.


''I would have no idea how to spend $450,000 a month,'' said one billionaire, who asked not to be identified. ''It's just phenomenal.''
Financial planners for the well heeled agreed.
''We have handled a lot of entertainers, some of whom lived very extravagantly, but I have never come across anybody who spent that way,'' said Lawrence B. Eichler, president of Sentinel Asset Management. ''Donald Trump lives in strata few of us approach, or even want to approach.''
Even Mr. Trump, who declined to comment, once said: ''A little more moderation would be good.'' But he was quick to add, ''Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.''
Deadline on a Payment
Mr. Trump's unfolding financial drama may reach a climax tonight as the developer faces a deadline to make a payment on a high-yield ''junk bond'' issue. No matter what the outcome, the glimpse of Mr. Trump's spending habits is certain to add another layer to the high-spending lore to the 1980's.

Mr. Trump's new allowance may be absorbed easily, given the style of living to which he has become accustomed. The developer owns three homes, including Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla. That home, which was willed to the State of Florida by Marjorie Merriweather Post, was sold to Mr. Trump because the state could not afford to pay for its upkeep. Scores of household staff members are paid to help keep up the 118-room residence.
Mr. Trump will also have to continue to maintain his 50-room penthouse triplex in Manhattan's Trump Tower, which comes complete with an 80-foot living room, bronze-edged floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Central Park, and a 12-foot waterfall.
[...]
Quick: Who'd Have Trouble Living on $450,000 a Month?

 

[MadChemist]

I have noted that opinions differ and solicit your speculations.

Which of the following, if any, approximate what you suspect is the major reason:

1. The election merely reflected his having lost the popular vote in 2016 and the public sentiment remaining consistent, as he was relentlessly unpopular in survey after survey throughout his tenure.
2. He repeatedly scoffed at and minimized the threat posed by a pandemic that resulted in over 20 million infections, over 350,000 deaths, and the strain on dedicated healthcare providers to the breaking point.
3. He was the victim of a vast, very mysterious conspiracy in which Republican governors, Republican secretaries of state, Republican attorneys general, Republican county clerks, and Republican judges throughout the land were decisively complicit.
4. He was beaten by a sleepy, senile, corrupt Chinese sock puppet whom the American electorate deemed to be decidedly superior.

I hope all who entertain theories will share their analyses while refraining from vituperation, revilement, and diversionary ploys.

Civil, dispassionate discussion and sprightly discourse concerning causative factors, one might hope, ensue.

Several factors, but his pathetic behavior over the virus sealed his fate.

He could have tried to be an effective leader in a crisis, but chose instead to act like a talk radio host.

I would say the virus response was the big one.

If he had handled that better (or if it had not existed), he'd be back in the WH.

 

[themirrorthief]

I have noted that opinions differ and solicit your speculations.

Which of the following, if any, approximate what you suspect is the major reason:

1. The election merely reflected his having lost the popular vote in 2016 and the public sentiment remaining consistent, as he was relentlessly unpopular in survey after survey throughout his tenure.
2. He repeatedly scoffed at and minimized the threat posed by a pandemic that resulted in over 20 million infections, over 350,000 deaths, and the strain on dedicated healthcare providers to the breaking point.
3. He was the victim of a vast, very mysterious conspiracy in which Republican governors, Republican secretaries of state, Republican attorneys general, Republican county clerks, and Republican judges throughout the land were decisively complicit.
4. He was beaten by a sleepy, senile, corrupt Chinese sock puppet whom the American electorate deemed to be decidedly superior.

I hope all who entertain theories will share their analyses while refraining from vituperation, revilement, and diversionary ploys.

Civil, dispassionate discussion and sprightly discourse concerning causative factors, one might hope, ensue.

“I owe my Trump-supporting friends an apology. I’ve been critical of the Trump presidency these last four years, and am still exhausted from the experience. But to be fair, President Trump wasn’t that bad, other than when he incited an insurrection against the government, mismanaged a pandemic that killed over a half a million Americans, separated children from their families, lost those children in the bureaucracy, tear-gassed peaceful protesters on Lafayette Square so he could hold a photo op holding a Bible in front of a church, tried to block all Muslims from entering the country, got impeached, got impeached again, had the worst jobs record of any president in modern history, pressured Ukraine to dig dirt on Joe Biden, fired the FBI director for investigating his ties to Russia, bragged about firing the FBI director on TV, took Vladimir Putin’s word over the US intelligence community, diverted military funding to build his wall, caused the longest government shutdown in US history, called Black Lives Matter a “symbol of hate,” lied nearly 30,000 times, banned transgender people from serving in the military, ejected reporters from the White House briefing room who asked tough questions, vetoed the defense funding bill because it renamed military bases named for Confederate soldiers, refused to release his tax returns, increased the national debt by nearly $8 trillion, had three of the highest annual trade deficits in U.S. history, called veterans and soldiers who died in combat losers and suckers, coddled the leader of Saudi Arabia after he ordered the execution and dismembering of a US-based journalist, refused to concede the 2020 election, hired his unqualified daughter and son-in-law to work in the White House, walked out of an interview with Lesley Stahl, called neo-Nazis “very fine people,” suggested that people should inject bleach into their bodies to fight COVID, abandoned our allies the Kurds to Turkey, pushed through massive tax cuts for the wealthiest but balked at helping working Americans, incited anti-lockdown protestors in several states at the height of the pandemic, withdrew the US from the Paris climate accords, withdrew the US from the Iranian nuclear deal, withdrew the US from the Trans Pacific Partnership which was designed to block China’s advances, insulted his own Cabinet members on Twitter, pushed the leader of Montenegro out of the way during a photo op, failed to reiterate US commitment to defending NATO allies, called Haiti and African nations “shithole” countries, called the city of Baltimore the “worst in the nation,” claimed that he single handedly brought back the phrase “Merry Christmas” even though it hadn’t gone anywhere, forced his Cabinet members to praise him publicly like some cult leader, believed he should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, berated and belittled his hand-picked Attorney General when he recused himself from the Russia probe, suggested the US should buy Greenland, colluded with Mitch McConnell to push through federal judges and two Supreme Court justices after supporting efforts to prevent his predecessor from appointing judges, repeatedly called the media “enemies of the people,” claimed that if we tested fewer people for COVID we’d have fewer cases, violated the emoluments clause, thought that Nambia was a country, told Bob Woodward in private that the coronavirus was a big deal but then downplayed it in public, called his exceedingly faithful vice president a “p---y” for following the Constitution, nearly got us into a war with Iran after threatening them by tweet, nominated a corrupt head of the EPA, nominated a corrupt head of HHS, nominated a corrupt head of the Interior Department, nominated a corrupt head of the USDA, praised dictators and authoritarians around the world while criticizing allies, refused to allow the presidential transition to begin, insulted war hero John McCain – even after his death, spent an obscene amount of time playing golf after criticizing Barack Obama for playing (far less) golf while president, falsely claimed that he won the 2016 popular vote, called the Muslim mayor of London a “stone cold loser,” falsely claimed that he turned down being Time’s Man of the Year, considered firing special counsel Robert Mueller on several occasions, mocked wearing face masks to guard against transmitting COVID, locked Congress out of its constitutional duty to confirm Cabinet officials by hiring acting ones, used a racist dog whistle by calling COVID the “China virus,” hired and associated with numerous shady figures that were eventually convicted of federal offenses including his campaign manager and national security adviser, pardoned several of his shady associates, gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to two congressman who amplified his batshit crazy conspiracy theories, got into telephone fight with the leader of Australia(!), had a Secretary of State who called him a moron, forced his press secretary to claim without merit that his was the largest inauguration crowd in history, botched the COVID vaccine rollout, tweeted so much dangerous propaganda that Twitter eventually banned him, charged the Secret Service jacked-up rates at his properties, constantly interrupted Joe Biden in their first presidential debate, claimed that COVID would “magically” disappear, called a U.S. Senator “Pocahontas,” used his Twitter account to blast Nordstrom when it stopped selling Ivanka’s merchandise, opened up millions of pristine federal lands to development and drilling, got into a losing tariff war with China that forced US taxpayers to bail out farmers, claimed that his losing tariff war was a win for the US, ignored or didn’t even take part in daily intelligence briefings, blew off honoring American war dead in France because it was raining, redesigned Air Force One to look like the Trump Shuttle, got played by Kim Jung Un and his “love letters,” threatened to go after social media companies in clear violation of the Constitution, botched the response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, threw paper towels at Puerto Ricans when he finally visited them, pressured the governor and secretary of state of Georgia to “find” him votes, thought that the Virgin islands had a President, drew on a map with a Sharpie to justify his inaccurate tweet that Alabama was threatened by a hurricane, allowed White House staff to use personal email accounts for official businesses after blasting Hillary Clinton for doing the same thing, rolled back regulations that protected the public from mercury and asbestos, pushed regulators to waste time studying snake-oil remedies for COVID, rolled back regulations that stopped coal companies from dumping waste into rivers, held blatant campaign rallies at the White House, tried to take away millions of Americans’ health insurance because the law was named for a Black man, refused to attend his successors’ inauguration, nominated the worst Education Secretary in history, threatened judges who didn’t do what he wanted, attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci, promised that Mexico would pay for the wall (it didn’t), allowed political hacks to overrule government scientists on major reports on climate change and other issues, struggled navigating a ramp after claiming his opponent was feeble, called an African-American Congresswoman “low IQ,” threatened to withhold federal aid from states and cities with Democratic leaders, went ahead with rallies filled with maskless supporters in the middle of a pandemic, claimed that legitimate investigations of his wrongdoing were “witch hunts,” seemed to demonstrate a belief that there were airports during the American Revolution, demanded “total loyalty” from the FBI director, praised a conspiracy theory that Democrats are Satanic pedophiles, completely gutted the Voice of America, placed a political hack in charge of the Postal Service, claimed without evidence that the Obama administration bugged Trump Tower, suggested that the US should allow more people from places like Norway into the country, suggested that COVID wasn’t that bad because he recovered with the help of top government doctors and treatments not available to the public, overturned energy conservation standards that even industry supported, reduced the number of refugees the US accepts, insulted various members of Congress and the media with infantile nicknames, gave Rush Limbaugh a Presidential medal of Freedom at the State of the Union address, named as head of federal personnel a 29-year old who’d previously been fired from the White House for allegations of financial improprieties, eliminated the White House office of pandemic response, used soldiers as campaign props, fired any advisor who made the mistake of disagreeing with him, demanded the Pentagon throw him a Soviet-style military parade, hired a shit ton of white nationalists, politicized the civil service, did absolutely nothing after Russia hacked the U.S. government, falsely said the Boy Scouts called him to say his bizarre Jamboree speech was the best speech ever given to the Scouts, claimed that Black people would overrun the suburbs if Biden won, insulted reporters of color, insulted women reporters, insulted women reporters of color, suggested he was fine with China’s oppression of the Uighurs, attacked the Supreme Court when it ruled against him, summoned Pennsylvania state legislative leaders to the White House to pressure them to overturn the election, spent countless hours every day watching Fox News, refused to allow his administration to comply with Congressional subpoenas, hired Rudy Giuliani as his lawyer, tried to punish Amazon because the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post wrote negative stories about him, acted as if the Attorney General of the United States was his personal attorney, attempted to get the federal government to defend him in a libel lawsuit from a women who accused him of sexual assault, held private meetings with Vladimir Putin without staff present, didn’t disclose his private meetings with Vladimir Putin so that the US had to find out via Russian media, stopped holding press briefings for months at a time, “ordered” US companies to leave China even though he has no such power, led a political party that couldn’t even be bothered to draft a policy platform, claimed preposterously that Article II of the Constitution gave him absolute powers, tried to pressure the U.K. to hold the British Open at his golf course, suggested that the government nuke hurricanes, suggested that wind turbines cause cancer, said that he had a special aptitude for science, fired the head of election cyber security after he said that the 2020 election was secure, blurted out classified information to Russian officials, tried to force the G7 to hold their meeting at his failing golf resort in Florida, fired the acting attorney general when she refused to go along with his unconstitutional Muslim travel ban, hired Stephen Miller, openly discussed national security issues in the dining room at Mar-a-Lago where everyone could hear them, interfered with plans to relocate the FBI because a new development there might compete with his hotel, abandoned Iraqi refugees who’d helped the U.S. during the war, tried to get Russia back into the G7, held a COVID super spreader event in the Rose Garden, seemed to believe that Frederick Douglass is still alive, lost 60 election fraud cases in court including before judges he had nominated, falsely claimed that factories were reopening when they weren’t, shamelessly exploited terror attacks in Europe to justify his anti-immigrant policies, still hasn’t come up with a healthcare plan, still hasn’t come up with an infrastructure plan despite repeated “Infrastructure Weeks,” forced Secret Service agents to drive him around Walter Reed while contagious with COVID, told the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by,” fucked up the Census, withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organization in the middle of a pandemic, did so few of his duties that his press staff were forced to state on his daily schedule “President Trump will work from early in the morning until late in the evening. He will make many calls and have many meetings,” allowed his staff to repeatedly violate the Hatch Act, seemed not to know that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican, stood before sacred CIA wall of heroes and bragged about his election win, constantly claimed he was treated worse than any president which presumably includes four that were assassinated and his predecessor whose legitimacy and birthplace were challenged by a racist reality TV show star named Donald Trump, claimed Andrew Jackson could’ve stopped the Civil War even though he died 16 years before it happened, said that any opinion poll showing him behind was fake, claimed that other countries laughed at us before he became president when several world leaders were literally laughing at him, claimed that the military was out of ammunition before he became President, created a commission to whitewash American history, retweeted anti-Islam videos from one of the most racist people in Britain, claimed ludicrously that the Pulse nightclub shooting wouldn’t have happened if someone there had a gun even though there was an armed security guard there, hired a senior staffer who cited the non-existent Bowling Green Massacre as a reason to ban Muslims, had a press secretary who claimed that Nazi Germany never used chemical weapons even though every sane human being knows they used gas to kill millions of Jews and others, bilked the Secret Service for higher than market rates when they had to stay at Trump properties, apparently sold pardons on his way out of the White House, stripped protective status from 59,000 Haitians, falsely claimed Biden wanted to defund the police, said that the head of the CDC didn’t know what he was talking about, tried to rescind protection from DREAMers, gave himself an A+ for his handling of the pandemic, tried to start a boycott of Goodyear tires due to an Internet hoax, said U.S. rates of COVID would be lower if you didn’t count blue states, deported U.S. veterans who served their country but were undocumented, claimed he did more for African Americans than any president since Lincoln, touted a “super-duper” secret “hydrosonic” missile which may or may not be a new “hypersonic” missile or may not exist at all, retweeted a gif calling Biden a pedophile, forced through security clearances for his family, suggested that police officers should rough up suspects, suggested that Biden was on performance-enhancing drugs, tried to stop transgender students from being able to use school bathrooms in line with their gender, suggested the US not accept COVID patients from a cruise ship because it would make US numbers look higher, nominated a climate change sceptic to chair the committee advising the White House on environmental policy, retweeted a video doctored to look like Biden had played a song called “Fuck tha Police” at a campaign event, hugged a disturbingly large number of U.S. flags, accused Democrats of “treason” for not applauding his State of the Union address, claimed that the FBI failed to capture the Parkland school shooter because they were “spending too much time” on Russia, mocked the testimony of Dr Christine Blasey Ford when she accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, obsessed over low-flow toilets, ordered the rerelease of more COVID vaccines when there weren’t any to release, called for the construction of a bizarre garden of heroes with statutes of famous dead Americans as well as at least one Canadian (Alex Trebek), hijacked Washington’s July 4th celebrations to give a partisan speech, took advice from the MyPillow guy, claimed that migrants seeking a better life in the US were dangerous caravans of drug dealers and rapists, said nothing when Vladimir Putin poisoned a leading opposition figure, never seemed to heed the advice of his wife’s “Be Best” campaign, falsely claimed that mail-in voting is fraudulent, announced a precipitous withdrawal of troops from Syria which not only handed Russia and ISIS a win but also prompted his defense secretary to resign in protest, insulted the leader of Canada, insulted the leader of France, insulted the leader of Britain, insulted the leader of Germany, insulted the leader of Sweden (Sweden!!), falsely claimed credit for getting NATO members to increase their share of dues, blew off two Asia summits even though they were held virtually, continued lying about spending lots of time at Ground Zero with 9/11 responders, said that the Japanese would sit back and watch their “Sony televisions” if the US were ever attacked, left a NATO summit early in a huff, stared directly into an eclipse even though everyone over the age of 5 knows not to do that, called himself a very stable genius despite significant evidence to the contrary, refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power and kept his promise, and a whole bunch of other things I can’t remember at the moment.
But other than that. . .

It should be noted that the former guy was quick to get his Covid-19 vaccine injection as a role model of social responsibility and a symbol of scientific acumen that the timid, the paranoid, and the ignorant can emulate, as well as his personal affirmation of voting by mail as a secure method of exercising one's public franchise. Deed speak louder than the words he brays.

poor dems...trump will be ruling their heads for decades

 

[themirrorthief]

AM

September 27 by Michelle Lee

Fact Check: Has Trump declared bankruptcy four or six times?

“You’ve taken business bankruptcies six times.”
–Hillary Clinton

“On occasion – four times – we used certain laws that are there.”

–Donald Trump

THE FACT CHECKER | Clinton is correct.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...-trump-declared-bankruptcy-four-or-six-times/

ray ray ray ... 500 business'? really? no wonder he's in hock up to his tribblehead. why did duetsche & signature banks cut ties with him after cooperating with SDNY's cy vance & his team, including a RICO prosecutor?

i got a GREAT article, dated from 1990 ... that shows just how much self CONtrol donny has with his spending & love of debt... how well he manages his lifestyle... all because of his keen sense of biz'niz.

interested or are you afraid you may not have yet another excuse?

Not interested because your links are useless. Do you really think you're the only leftist to post a site with a paywall so nobody could read it, including yourself? Trust me, it's a common leftist strategy. That's besides the fact that Politifact is more reliable than the Post.

But let's meet in the middle and say it was five bankruptcies. That still means his failure rate is 1%, again, a rate that any CEO would be proud of.

Trump is not in hock with anybody. Those bankruptcies happened many years before Trump even thought of President, and happened during a downturn in the economy. The man lost over a billion dollars of net worth in his first year of the presidency. He has the money to lose, and lost it to lead our country.

How many CEOs are proud of losing hundreds of millions like Trump has? He

Done? What precisely did kissing the ass of China do about corona at the start of the pandemic? LOL. I love how Trump supporters twist themselves into knots to conjure up some reason to defend him.

His years as a scammer and failed businessman directly led to him lying about the virus to the american people, just like he lied to all his investors about how wonderful the businesses they help put money into are doing. He's been doing this his entire life.

Failed businessman? The guy flies around on his own jetliner and is a multi-billionaire that has spent time with the most beautiful women in the world, and was a household name before becoming President. You can only dream about being such a failure.

Trump was seeking any information about this virus that he could get out of China to help our people combat it. It's China that did all these studies on the virus--not the US. They had the information that we could use.

^ 'Failed businessman?'
Here Are All of Trump’s Bankruptcies and Failed Businesses

September 8, 2016

By Sahid Fawaz

Donald Trump loves to talk big about how great he is at business. His record says otherwise.
Trump’s failed businesses:
1. Trump Steaks
2. GoTrump
3. Trump Airlines
4. Trump Vodka
5. Trump Mortgage
6. Trump: The Game
7. Trump Magazine
8. Trump University
9. Trump Ice
10. The New Jersey Generals
11. Tour de Trump
12. Trump Network
13. Trumped!

Trump companies that sought bankruptcy protection:
1. Trump Taj Mahal
2. Trump’s Castle
3. Trump Plaza Casinos
4. Trump Plaza Hotel
5. Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts
6. Trump Entertainment Resorts
Here Are All of Trump’s Bankruptcies and Failed Businesses

' The guy flies around on his own jetliner...
Glory days of Trump's gold-plated 757 seem far away as plane sits idle at a sleepy airport
By Kate Bennett and Pete Muntean, CNN
Updated 10:54 PM ET, Fri March 19, 2021

Washington (CNN)Trump's personal Boeing 757 was always the crown jewel of his wealth -- the ultimate sign that he had made it. He's used it as a backdrop for sleek photo shoots, campaign rallies, VIP tours, for shots of him eating his Big Macs and KFC, plated, with a knife and fork. Trump loved to show it off -- the customized cream-colored leather seats, gilded bathrooms, the seat buckles layered in 24-karat gold.
But today it sits idle on an airport ramp in Orange County, New York, about 60 miles north of Manhattan.
One engine is missing parts. The other is shrink-wrapped in plastic. The cost to fix and get it flyable could reach well into the high six-figures, a price-tag Trump doesn't appear to be dealing with right now. Though the current state of his finances aren't public, the Covid-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the hospitality industry home to so many of his businesses.

The choice [?] to leave it outside at a northeastern airport, exposed to the elements, has baffled aviation experts who spoke with CNN. They note that it's just a few hours' flight to warmer, more arid climes. Snow, rain, and moisture can lead to metal corrosion of the airframe and the engines -- hard to detect, and, in severe cases, catastrophic.

A money suck
But, like many Trump accoutrements crafted for the purpose of marketing, the reality of the giant jet was different behind the scenes. It was a money suck, a plane past its prime with decaying mechanics and exorbitant storage fees.
Glory days of Trump's gold-plated 757 seem far away as plane sits idle at a sleepy airport

' ... and is a multi-billionaire...'
lol! & how do you KNOW that ray, ray? from the tax returns he showed when he was nomin... oh wait - that NEVER happened.

' ...that has spent time with the most beautiful women in the world,...
you mean PAID to spend time with?

' ... and was a household name before becoming President. '

yes - as a spoiled conman, ripe with fraud & bankruptcy, & a failed tv reality 'star' who knew that facade would get people to give up their hard EARNED cash to him, making them believe that they too can be like him.

“The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people’s fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That’s why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. I call it truthful hyperbole. It’s an innocent form of exaggeration—and a very effective form of promotion.”
~ DJT 'the art of the deal'

Trump is a walking money pit. I credit him for being the biggest scam artist ever. He borrows hundreds of millions of dollars from banks and then never pays it back, then files for bankruptcy and does it over and over. Who wouldn't be a billionaire if they did that?

unlike biden who gets his cash from china

 

[schmidlap]

I would say the virus response was the big one.

If he had handled that better (or if it had not existed), he'd be back in the WH.

A reasonable speculation.

 

[themirrorthief]

Trump did not lose. Trump was defrauded.

That is clearly the Big Lie that Trump bum kissers have been fed.

His moral impotence in facing up to the truth reached its culmination when his goons failed to lynch the Vice President, the electoral college certified, and the will of the people was respected.

The safe and secure election finally allowed the American people to formally register the disapproval of the Cry Baby Loser they had been expressing relentlessly and consistently throughout the four years in which he was twice impeached, lost his Party the House, the Senate, and the Executive, and incited the aforementioned goon attack on Congress.

The cult's pifflewits fantasize about a vast, clandestine conspiracy in which Republican governors, Republican secretaries of state, Republican attorneys general, other Republican election officials, and Republican judges throughout the land were complicit (as well as the Loser's own AG and VP, among others.)

Inexplicably, no one who actually buys into the delusion can explain WHO? HOW? WHERE? WHEN? and WHY? the vast deception was achoeved, and why not one of the perpetrators has been identified, apprehended, or prosecuted.

When one tries to explain how much more rational it is to simply admit Biden won, the Trump bum kissers lash out in mindless rage.

where did poor old stumble bum biden hide all that cash from china

 

[themirrorthief]

Trump did not lose. Trump was defrauded.

That is clearly the Big Lie that Trump bum kissers have been fed.

His moral impotence in facing up to the truth reached its culmination when his goons failed to lynch the Vice President, the electoral college certified, and the will of the people was respected.

The safe and secure election finally allowed the American people to formally register the disapproval of the Cry Baby Loser they had been expressing relentlessly and consistently throughout the four years in which he was twice impeached, lost his Party the House, the Senate, and the Executive, and incited the aforementioned goon attack on Congress.

The cult's pifflewits fantasize about a vast, clandestine conspiracy in which Republican governors, Republican secretaries of state, Republican attorneys general, other Republican election officials, and Republican judges throughout the land were complicit (as well as the Loser's own AG and VP, among others.)

Inexplicably, no one who actually buys into the delusion can explain WHO? HOW? WHERE? WHEN? and WHY? the vast deception was achoeved, and why not one of the perpetrators has been identified, apprehended, or prosecuted.

When one tries to explain how much more rational it is to simply admit Biden won, the Trump bum kissers lash out in mindless rage.

u are the one who cant get trump out of your head...btw, is biden gonna be allowed back on a plane