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Kid Berwyn

(14,876 posts)
63. The cardboard containing a Big Mac is deeper than Drumpf.
Fri Nov 20, 2020, 01:46 PM
Nov 2020
Trump is a moron fixated by fabric swatches.

Trump, the billion-dollar loser — I was his ghostwriter and saw it happen


Charles Leerhson
Yahoo.com, May 9, 2019

EXCERPT...

I tend to see my time with him — the first part of it, anyway, before things started going bad in a hurry — as his “King Midas” period. I never said this to him; if I had, he probably would have thought I was suggesting he enter the muffler business. But there was a stretch of months when everything he touched turned into a deal. The banks seemed to accept the version of him depicted in his first book, “The Art of the Deal,” which we now know from his previous ghostwriter, Tony Schwartz, was entirely invented. They believed it over what they saw on his balance sheets or heard coming out of his mouth, and they never said no to his requests for more money. Often they came up with things he could say yes to before he could think of them himself. As a result, a failing real estate developer who had little idea of what he was doing and less interest in doing it once he’d held the all-important press conference wound up owning three New Jersey hotel-casinos, the Plaza Hotel, the Eastern Airlines Shuttle and a 281-foot yacht.

A real go-getter, right? But Trump’s portfolio did not jibe with what I saw each day — which to a surprisingly large extent was him looking at fabric swatches. Indeed, flipping through fabric swatches seemed at times to be his main occupation. Some days he would do it for hours, then take me in what he always called his “French military helicopter” to Atlantic City — where he looked at more fabric swatches or sometimes small samples of wood paneling. It was true that the carpets and drapes at his properties needed to be refreshed frequently, and the seats on the renamed Trump Shuttle required occasional reupholstering. But the main thing about fabric swatches was that they were within his comfort zone — whereas, for example, the management of hotels and airlines clearly wasn’t. One of his aides once told me that every room at the Plaza could be filled at the “rack rate” (list price) every night, and the revenue still wouldn’t cover the monthly payment of the loan he’d taken out to buy the place. In other words, he’d made a ridiculous deal. Neither he nor the banks had done the math beforehand. Or perhaps Trump knew it because someone had told him, but didn’t want to think about it. The one thing he is above-average at is compartmentalization.

Source:

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-the-billiondollar-loser-his-ghostwriter-recalls-the-king-midas-years-090000640.html

And the unstable Moron can’t find a book if he’s in a library.
Just go fucking die now Donald, you fat piece of shit Blue Owl Nov 2020 #1
C'mon KFC and Hamberders!!! nt mr_lebowski Nov 2020 #3
Arteries, clogging... Lungs, gasping... Blue Owl Nov 2020 #75
and I see an abundance of rain and angels are coming from africa! mr_lebowski Nov 2020 #80
That would be the least painful way for him to leave the WH Rorey Nov 2020 #13
If only. Polly Hennessey Nov 2020 #21
I have prayed for that for quite some time. Just a massive heart attack or stroke, unrecoverable. SharonAnn Nov 2020 #30
To paraphrase a Vogon captain, "Death's Too Good For Him!" Fritz Walter Nov 2020 #53
Every. Single. Morning. birdographer Nov 2020 #56
Couldn't have said it Glaisne Nov 2020 #42
Please please please... Lokee11 Nov 2020 #44
That will work. paleotn Nov 2020 #67
I really wish he would. smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #68
You mean that Trump wasted two Big Macs on the MI Republican leaders for nothing? no_hypocrisy Nov 2020 #2
He scrutinized the process, personally. Kid Berwyn Nov 2020 #51
Are those things on the table FOR EATING???????????????????????? He was going to have a load of onecent Nov 2020 #59
do they have his picture on every hamburger???????????????????????????????????????? onecent Nov 2020 #60
Symbolically. Kid Berwyn Nov 2020 #65
The cardboard containing a Big Mac is deeper than Drumpf. Kid Berwyn Nov 2020 #63
He looks like he's crying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Boo Hoo! onecent Nov 2020 #64
So the Speaker might not attend? Mike 03 Nov 2020 #4
Here is his statement regarding the MI vote Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #10
I think this was on the 17th. I couldn't find another date. patricia92243 Nov 2020 #14
And Shirkey DID travel to DC to attend the meeting. hlthe2b Nov 2020 #27
Arrogant POS karin_sj Nov 2020 #54
Except He Is Me. Nov 2020 #37
Thx for posting! Despite experts weighing in last night, many here we're not convinced Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #5
Rather seems to me he's been in desperation mode since the moment the networks called it nt mr_lebowski Nov 2020 #6
If true, corporate media has not mentioned it yet . .. Iliyah Nov 2020 #7
You didn't really think this through in 2016, did you Donnie? NCDem47 Nov 2020 #8
"President by accident" Michael Steele said on Morning Joe this morning underpants Nov 2020 #18
President by Putin llashram Nov 2020 #49
Is this chickens cilla4progress Nov 2020 #26
Reminds me of "The Peter Principle" that used to be much-talked-about. calimary Nov 2020 #55
Was it reported on CNN that MI officials have told him that? The linked article says NOTHING hlthe2b Nov 2020 #9
See post #10 Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #11
That was from last Tuesday--way before Trump invited them to WH hlthe2b Nov 2020 #12
Yes...so ..he stated he can't do anything and that's MI law! Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #16
I've read it and posted it myself multiple times. I'm saying he went to WH anyway so we don't know hlthe2b Nov 2020 #19
It doesn't matter, dware Nov 2020 #17
See my response #19. Don't assume what is not in evidence and we don't know what they intend hlthe2b Nov 2020 #24
+1. Assume NOTHING when it comes to Republicans - constant vigilance is required. dalton99a Nov 2020 #34
IT DOESN'T MATTER, dware Nov 2020 #35
Agree! But seems regardless of the facts and that ALL the legal options are on our side Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #32
I know, it's crazy. nt dware Nov 2020 #36
It is the normalization of fake fraud allegations and incitement of nearly 40 pct of population that hlthe2b Nov 2020 #41
Emergency session of congress to impeach now! MyNameGoesHere Nov 2020 #15
Impeach? dware Nov 2020 #20
Well, if the Senate Republicans SoCalNative Nov 2020 #23
You need 67 votes...quarantine has no effect... No impeachment...doesn't work without Demsrule86 Nov 2020 #38
So "members present" doesn't mean members present? dpibel Nov 2020 #46
Quarantine has an effect: Mitchy said no voting remotely obamanut2012 Nov 2020 #61
Yeah you always turn a blind side to crimes. That's the American way. MyNameGoesHere Nov 2020 #48
I'm not turning a blind eye to the crimes of the Pissolini crime org. dware Nov 2020 #50
He won't go to prison prison prison now because the senate senate senate Maru Kitteh Nov 2020 #29
Thank thank thank you Billy. MyNameGoesHere Nov 2020 #47
Good! Maybe the piece of orange garbage will go craw under his desk or into his bunker. RKP5637 Nov 2020 #22
Will Trump have a Warden Norton moment? Botany Nov 2020 #25
The audacity of Dope. Cracklin Charlie Nov 2020 #28
While he is in desperation mode, there are other folks in documentation mode. FM123 Nov 2020 #31
All he knows is lie, cheat, and steal dalton99a Nov 2020 #33
Why are the top Michigan Republicans at the White House Marius25 Nov 2020 #39
Emperor Donwuld desires fresh lips on his buttocks. Buns_of_Fire Nov 2020 #69
Good! Eat shit Don. nt Hotler Nov 2020 #40
went like this? "sorry, criminal. we won't commit criminal acts for you". Desperation ensues? NRaleighLiberal Nov 2020 #43
The future is approaching Oscarthegreat Nov 2020 #45
They can't overturn the election just for Trump. It has to be for whole state. Hamlette Nov 2020 #52
That is something these idiots don't get obamanut2012 Nov 2020 #57
I think and have for some time that they'll get the two Republicans on the Jarqui Nov 2020 #58
It will not send it to the MI Legislature, that's just plain false info, dware Nov 2020 #62
Read up on the law Jarqui Nov 2020 #74
Did you know this/ dware Nov 2020 #79
A little late to remove them after they vote, don't you think? Jarqui Nov 2020 #81
No, she can remove them because they refuse to do their duty and she can replace dware Nov 2020 #82
I can't stand Republicans. I don't think I've disliked anyone more than Donald Trump. Jarqui Nov 2020 #83
Maybe this will bring our blood pressure down some ... Jarqui Nov 2020 #84
Not correct. If deadlocked, the matter goes to court. Kaleva Nov 2020 #70
I suggest you read the MI election law I cited in my post above ..nt Jarqui Nov 2020 #77
Experts disagree with you Kaleva Nov 2020 #85
The pic doesn't go with the message. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #66
This could only work in AZ and GA paleotn Nov 2020 #71
And, just to note, dware Nov 2020 #72
That's even more interesting... paleotn Nov 2020 #73
tRump bdamomma Nov 2020 #76
So, does he think that if he can convince one repugnant legislature Bettie Nov 2020 #78
Incorrect image on that piece. It was supposed to be this: Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #86
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