Can someone explain to me in plain English what Trump is trying to say by the following..

[dmallord]

Business have a 50/50 chance of failure within 5 years.

Not businesses associated with the name, Trump, failure is quite a bit different.

 

[Bray123]

Trump had to seek money from Dutchbank because no one else would lend to him. Still, he had to commit fraud on the value of his properties…

Oh, but you probably didn’t pay attention to the Trump Business fraud cases.

To clarify, it was Deutschebank, Moscow branch where the felon was able to do his banking.

 

[Saint_Ann]

Not businesses associated with the name, Trump, failure is quite a bit different.

He play's the game way above your average businessman's head. The rules are probably a lot different up there.

 

[dmallord]

He play's the game way above your average businessman's head. The rules are probably a lot different up there.

Probably so. Trump has been involved in at least 13 major business bankruptcies ranging from several failed casinos, funny franchises like steaks and vodka as well as over 3,500 legal cases filed against him or his companies. One of the sad ones was the Trump University attempt to capitalize on his short-run TV show. Those are in the S4 documents filed with the SEC when Truth Social was formed. The article below is an interesting history of his exploits.

See: Los Angeles Times Trump Businesses

 

[glamorilla]

i think he was trying to say no longer are you necessarily keeping those private files in some file cabinet locked in the basement of the house.

 

[jomar]

He play's the game way above your average businessman's head. The rules are probably a lot different up there.

His business model seems to be to suck as much cash out of whatever business, ultimately declare bankruptcy and settle/restructure for pennies on the dollar. Plus, he saves money by stiffing contractors. Although, his airline was noted to be okay, but the margins were too thin to keep up the quality. His lawyers also come up with some creative tax avoiding things, like goats on a golf course and poof it’s a farm, and burying an ex wife by the first tee on another and poof some kind of ghoulish tax break.

 

[Saint_Ann]

His business model seems to be to suck as much cash out of whatever business, ultimately declare bankruptcy and settle/restructure for pennies on the dollar. Plus, he saves money by stiffing contractors. Although, his airline was noted to be okay, but the margins were too thin to keep up the quality. His lawyers also come up with some creative tax avoiding things, like goats on a golf course and poof it’s a farm, and burying an ex wife by the first tee on another and poof some kind of ghoulish tax break.

So kinda like the stuff JD Pritzker pulls.

 

[jomar]

So kinda like the stuff JD Pritzker pulls.

Could be I suppose. I haven’t read up on him so not familiar.

ETA: Did a quick read and he’s not pure white snow, you don’t get to be a billionaire by being a saint, though the Blagojevich stuff probably should be disqualifying as far as the VP thing. But from what I did read he doesn’t have the con man, grifter, huckster character that trump clearly has.

 

[AlexBailey]

What difference does it make who wins as long as you get your piece of the trickle down?

You’re projecting. I don’t share your (lack of) values.

 

[AlexBailey]

To clarify, it was Deutschebank, Moscow branch where the felon was able to do his banking.

Thanks for the spelling check.

 

[Bn2f]

We know from books about him he reads at around sixth-grade level, the level of many stories written on Lit.

How dare you, sir!
How dare you???!!!

 

[Saint_Ann]

You’re projecting. I don’t share your (lack of) values.

You have no idea what my values are yet you know that they are lacking. Weak sauce.

 

[Comshaw]

At night.

BAWAHAHA!

"Ignorance is strength." George Orwell

What Color is Night?



Comshaw

 

[AlexBailey]

You have no idea what my values are yet you know that they are lacking. Weak sauce.

Your rhetorical question was telling, unless maybe it wasn’t rhetorical ?

“What difference does it make who wins as long as you get your piece of the trickle down?”

You’re spilling sauce.
Care to elaborate?

 

[RobDownSouth]

Donald Trump on Monday repeated his weekend remarks to Christian summit attendees that they would never need to vote again if he returns to the presidency in November.

Trying to explain himself he later said, “That statement is very simple, I said, ‘Vote for me, you’re not gonna have to do it ever again,’” Trump told Ingraham. “It’s true, because we have to get the vote out. Christians are not known as a big voting group, they don’t vote. And I’m explaining that to them. You never vote. This time, vote. I’ll straighten out the country, you won’t have to vote any more, I won’t need your vote any more, you can go back to not voting.”

Some interesting tidbits on this from the Sunday morning yakfests this morning.

Internal Republican polling showing expected evangelical turnout in the 2024 election might be the lowest percentage-wise since Bob Dole ran in 1996.

It seems that a large number of evangelicals no longer hear "The Call From The Lord" to get out and vote because the Roe v. Wade demon has been slain.

They've won "their" battle, so they see no need to concern themselves with non-spiritual things.

....and, of course, Donald J Trump is about the closest an approximation of a "non-spiritual thing" you'll ever see.

 

[SmokingFap]

i think he means if he's elected he won't be able to run for a third term thus eliminating all the drama surrounding him while the country begins to heal itself on a better path that what we've had for the past 30 years.

that or he's going to personally come to your house and stitch your vagina shut.

I think he means that he just needs to be reelected. He doesn't give a flying fuck what happens to the Republican party or the country after that.

 

[SmokingFap]

He play's the game way above your average businessman's head. The rules are probably a lot different up there.

The rules are ostensibly the same for everyone. The problem is that they aren't usually enforced against CEOs. Trump isn't the first one to have gotten away with fraud for decades. Bernie Madoff only got his comeuppance because he ripped off other rich people.

 

[dmallord]

His business model seems to be to suck as much cash out of whatever business, ultimately declare bankruptcy and settle/restructure for pennies on the dollar. Plus, he saves money by stiffing contractors. Although, his airline was noted to be okay, but the margins were too thin to keep up the quality. His lawyers also come up with some creative tax avoiding things, like goats on a golf course and poof it’s a farm, and burying an ex wife by the first tee on another and poof some kind of ghoulish tax break.

The goats worked for tax purposes. The dead wife on the golf course proved to be too much for the local government to grant him a tax break as a cemetery.

Now he is stuck, knowing she watches over him every time he drives into the place. "Payback is a bitch, Donald," her ghost whispers as she follows him around the course. It's particularly ghoulish after dark, so he stays indoors then.

 

[Saint_Ann]

The rules are ostensibly the same for everyone. The problem is that they aren't usually enforced against CEOs. Trump isn't the first one to have gotten away with fraud for decades. Bernie Madoff only got his comeuppance because he ripped off other rich people.

So what you are saying is the rules are the same but they aren't the same. Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[SmokingFap]

So what you are saying is the rules are the same but they aren't the same. Thanks for clearing that up.

Perhaps you don't understand the word "ostensibly".

 

[Saint_Ann]

Perhaps you don't understand the word "ostensibly".

So my initial statement is good to go. Thanks.

 

[SmokingFap]

So my initial statement is good to go. Thanks.

I actually wasn't disputing your claim that the rules are "different up there". I was making a point that the rules up there suck. You also seem to think that Trump is smarter than the average businessman. Which is only true if you're referring to how many crimes he's committed without being prosecuted. Was that your point?

 

[Saint_Ann]

I actually wasn't disputing your claim that the rules are "different up there". I was making you a point that the rules up there suck. You also seem to think that Trump is smarter than the average businessman. Which is only true if you're referring to how many crimes he's committed without being prosecuted. Was that your point?

Have I said anywhere I think Trump is smarter? He does seem to have a lot of big ass buildings with his name on them.

 

[SmokingFap]

Have I said anywhere I think Trump is smarter?

I think that's what you meant by the statement below. Correct me if I'm wrong.

He play's the game way above your average businessman's head.

And I don't even know how you made "play" possessive. No chance your spell check did that.

He does seem to have a lot of big ass buildings with his name on them.

So you ARE implying that he's smarter than the average businessman. Make up your mind, Cybil.

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

Have I said anywhere I think Trump is smarter? He does seem to have a lot of big ass buildings with his name on them.

Yeah, but he put those buildings up the old fashioned way…he worked and earned it. They don’t like that. They much prefer the Biden model. Money Laundering. To the tune of $27 Million.

As long as you steal it…it’s all good!

Remember kids….no Radicalized democrat’s kid went to Ukraine and China and came home poor.