A lot of people are saying that. They can't believe how big of a coward he is. Coward may be harsh, but that's what's a lot of people are saying. It's probably true folks. He may be the biggest coward to run for President.

bmstee01

(453 posts)

7. #CowardlyTrump

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Mon Sep 19, 2016, 12:21 PM

Sep 2016

BSdetect

(8,998 posts)

8. No more election crap after November

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Mon Sep 19, 2016, 12:58 PM

Sep 2016

4 years of this shit is more than enough for one lifetime.

When drumpher fails they will immediately start over attacking Clinton and anyone else they think is intelligent. It will not end unless we get the so called media to wise up and reform Congress election funding. Entrenched do-nothings are as bad as drumph.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

9. I think he's in hock to the Russian mob

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Mon Sep 19, 2016, 01:00 PM

Sep 2016

They own him right down to his dainty little manicured hands.

Stuart G

(38,414 posts)

11. I think that is not the only thing he is afraid of showing....also...

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #9)

Mon Sep 19, 2016, 01:03 PM

Sep 2016

When it comes out that he has PAID NO INCOME TAX FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

well......that might not sit well with maybe 5 percent of those that are thinking of voting for him...yep there are still some people who would be greatly offended when it comes out he pays nothing to the government he wishes to lead...compared to Bill and Hillary who pay a whole lot.....

napkinz

(17,199 posts)

10. ...

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Mon Sep 19, 2016, 01:03 PM

Sep 2016

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)

13. ...if he only had a brain....a heart...some nerve.... eom

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Mon Sep 19, 2016, 01:05 PM

Sep 2016

meow2u3

(24,761 posts)

34. If he had a brain....a heart...some guts...

Reply to Tanuki (Reply #13)

Mon Sep 19, 2016, 09:44 PM

Sep 2016

He wouldn't be Donald Trump!

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)

12. What kind of COWARD forces his multiple ex-wives to sign non-disclosure clauses

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Mon Sep 19, 2016, 01:04 PM

Sep 2016

in their divorce settlements? He is so AFRAID of what they'll say, and what people will think...

meow2u3

(24,761 posts)

33. Forget his multiple ex-wives

Reply to Tanuki (Reply #12)

Mon Sep 19, 2016, 09:42 PM

Sep 2016

What kind of COWARD forces his campaign VOLUNTEERS--who don't get paid--to sign permanant non-compete, non-disclosure, AND non-disparagement clauses? As Elizabeth Warren puts it, "I'll tell you the kind of coward: a coward who's afraid the truth about him will come out to the public and he'll be exposed as the cowardly criminal he is."

Atman

(31,464 posts)

14. That's not cowardice. It just business.

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Mon Sep 19, 2016, 01:11 PM

Sep 2016

A good businessman never releases the trade secrets to his competitors. Trump is not presidential...this is all just another business deal for him. He could give a shit about what anyone thinks, because he's only in it for HIM. His own bottom line. That is the way narcissistic con men think. It's only business. If you're not strong enough to play the game, to sit at the table, then you deserve to lose. It's only business.

LuvNewcastle

(16,844 posts)

23. Yeah, that's similar to what I think.

Reply to Atman (Reply #14)

Mon Sep 19, 2016, 03:11 PM

Sep 2016

People in the stratosphere of business where Trump and other wealthy NYers reside think that the rules don't apply to them, and for the most part they're right.

Atman

(31,464 posts)

28. Been there, experienced that.

Reply to LuvNewcastle (Reply #23)

Mon Sep 19, 2016, 03:36 PM

Sep 2016

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I've told this story only one on DU in years passed (maybe twice) because it was pretty painful. But very indicative of the mindset we're dealing with in Trump.

I founded a dot com in 1999, and brought it to major trade shows, and got big investors. I found big business partners after just a few months. We had investment capital, did some national tours promoting the brand...this was even while the stock market was crashing due to the dot com bubble burst. But we still managed to raise a lot of money, half a million in just a couple of months. We had tier 4 legal representation in NYC. We were valued at 4.5 million after just six months. The board of directors I'd brought on then fired me from my own company. I lost my home. I lost everything. With two small kids we had to watch a bank auction off our home. Just ONE WEEK after I lost my home my own company sent me a check for $20,000 (four times what I would have needed to save our home), and 320,000 shares of stock in the company. And a thank you note for all I had done.

They proceeded to fuck up everything I envisioned when I created the company, and went for the cheapest route. It bears little resemblance to what I started. The stock is worthless. The original key partners are gone. The web site still exists, but I'm not sure how.

The point is this, why it relates back to what Trump does and WILL DO as President; "It's only business." That's what they told me as the board withheld my pay as I lost my house..."it's only business. If you can't swim with the big boys, don't jump in the ocean."

This is how Trump will run the country. But this isn't a business or a dot com. Some of your competitors have nuclear weapons, and people willing to strap bombs on babies.

This is NOT "only business." But Americans watch Celebrity Trump and think the Oval Office will just be another reality show. Probably too much reality for America too handle.

LuvNewcastle

(16,844 posts)

29. Thank you for sharing your story.

Reply to Atman (Reply #28)

Mon Sep 19, 2016, 04:18 PM

Sep 2016

Those Horatio Alger stories we were brainwashed with turn to bile as we grow up and experience the way things really work in our system. The wealthy in this country will ruin a person without a second thought, and there is no redress for it. Bernie and Elizabeth talk about it some, but none of our 'moderate' candidates seem willing to take on this issue. Hillary would do well to speak out like Bernie and Elizabeth do. It isn't enough for voters to hear it from surrogates; they need to hear it from the candidate herself.