The Scam Behind Donald Trump’s Political Rise

[malaise]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-wealth-myth_us_57b09a63e4b007c36e4f1bff
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For the past year, Donald Trump has been selling himself to Republican voters and party leaders as a master developer, casino mogul, airline executive and all-around brilliant businessman.

What they didn’t hear much about, though, was his single greatest talent: master self-promoter.

Now, with the general election just three months away, they are learning they may have been sold a bill of goods. That Trump was actually a so-so developer. That his casinos failed and pushed him to the edge of personal bankruptcy. That his airline was a money-losing vanity project that he eventually lost when he missed loan payments. That his business acumen, far from brilliant, is now fodder for millions of dollars’ worth of negative TV ads.

“He is, as someone said, the hobo’s idea of a billionaire,” said Rick Wilson, a Florida political consultant who is now working for independent candidate Evan McMullin. “I’ve had donors say: ‘I’m a billionaire. Trump’s a clown with a credit card.’”

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. He's a master baiter.

[malaise]

2. With those little hands he'd need bait

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Oh, I don't know...

I'm sure those little hands don't need to be any bigger, considering what they have to work with.

[malaise]

6. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahha

He's facing more than little hands in Jupiter Florida - looks like he will have to repay those members 6M. DOn the Con's scams are catching up with him

[kimbutgar]

3. His supporter though refuse to believe the truth

Because he has brain washed them into believing the press is against him because he is a truth teller.

[Gabi Hayes]

5. did you see this great article, about the lawsuit regarding his

ludicrously overvalued net worth?

I posted this somewhere.....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/trump-lies/

He had sued a reporter (Tim OBrien), accusing him of being reckless and dishonest in a book that raised questions about Trump’s net worth. The reporter’s attorneys turned the tables and brought Trump in for a deposition.

For two straight days, they asked Trump question after question that touched on the same theme: Trump’s honesty.

The lawyers confronted the mogul with his past statements — and with his company’s internal documents, which often showed those statements had been incorrect or invented. The lawyers were relentless. Trump, the bigger-than-life mogul, was vulnerable — cornered, out-prepared and under oath.

Thirty times, they caught him.


The Washington Post sent the Trump campaign a detailed list of questions about this deposition, listing all the times when Trump seemed to have been caught in a false or unsupported statement. The Post asked Trump whether he wanted to challenge any of those findings — and whether he had felt regret when confronted with them.

He did not answer those questions.

[malaise]

7. There's an even better story out of Florida this evening

Looks like the judge insists he must repay those Country Club members 6M - was on the news a few minutes ago - no link yet.


Background here

http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/news/local/lawsuit-over-trump-golf-club-contract-so-complex-e/nqryb/

[Gabi Hayes]

8. hehe....saw that. is that the one that almost got foreclosed on

because of about $25 K he tried to stiff a paint store out of, causing him to spend over $3 HUNDRED thousand to defend?

did you see that one?

haaaaahaaaaaa

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/07/23/trump-stiff-small-business-nailed-300000-attorneys-fees.html

[malaise]

9. Yuh know he's really a raving lunatic

The disconnect is scary