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Bernardo de La Paz

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16. Trump has been a pig in Scotland, crushing people all around

Wed May 11, 2016, 12:11 PM

May 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Forbes_%28farmer%29

He’ll Take the Low Road: Trump’s Tortured History With Scotland

Though he’s now on the outs with the government and people, the mogul spent years trying to win over his mother’s homeland.

But Trump’s gnashing of teeth about the supposed environmental damage from the wind farm rang rather hollow, given that his resort had been built on theretofore-protected dunes. Meanwhile, it was becoming clear that the 6,000 jobs he’d promised as part of the project weren’t about to materialize—there were just 200 by the summer of 2013.

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/12/donald-trump-scotland-golf/421065/

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This story about Trump is devastating: His ugly history of screwing over small business [View all] cali May 2016 OP

so? romney made his entire fortune from ripping off and ruining peoples' lives just4lulzidk May 2016 #1

They won't stick if no one knows about them. Octafish May 2016 #2

but it was only a million dollar loan from his daddy! just one single teeny tiny itsy-bitsy million! just4lulzidk May 2016 #4

And then he inherited $400 million... Human101948 May 2016 #32

Exactly! cali May 2016 #5

And that shit was used effectively against cali May 2016 #3

Well... it appears he has parlayed that into a US Presidency... so there is that. yourpaljoey May 2016 #9

Grab a clue, honey. Trump is not President cali May 2016 #10

My yourpaljoey May 2016 #17

And most business experts think very poorly of his practices cali May 2016 #19

And soon enough time will tell, about the serpent in the wishin' well yourpaljoey May 2016 #21

Nah, he used organized crime muscle to force tenants from their homes so he could Actor May 2016 #26

welcome to du. as this article, and the string of bankruptcies, etc., shows, the hairpiece niyad May 2016 #11

+1 cali May 2016 #13

i def don't disagree and yet i still can't help "respect" what he does more than what mitt does just4lulzidk May 2016 #14

even in quotation marks, cannot help but wonder what the word "respect" means to you. niyad May 2016 #15

in this instance, it means i disrespect what mitt does 100% but what trump does just 99.9% just4lulzidk May 2016 #18

try some.... mrmpa May 2016 #31

Exactly. Not to mention that every big corporation does it all the time and bjo59 May 2016 #30

It's interesting to see how little discussion this Blue_Tires May 2016 #6

Well I did just post it. cali May 2016 #7

trump's story is 30 years old moonbabygo May 2016 #12

I know a NJ electicaL contractor no_hypocrisy May 2016 #8

Trump has been a pig in Scotland, crushing people all around Bernardo de La Paz May 2016 #16

Everyone thinks that is how business is done. When you go and buy a car do you pay the price LiberalArkie May 2016 #20

Average people may try to negotiate a deal, truebluegreen May 2016 #23

yeah, they dont mopinko May 2016 #39

I love when people refuse to pay sticker price but complain when the sticker price is.... Hassin Bin Sober May 2016 #42

This s just what too many of the rich do: truebluegreen May 2016 #22

meh, we had george w. moron* appointed as prez and he was a 4 time failed "businessman" Javaman May 2016 #24

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #25

This should raise Trump's ratings by a point or two LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2016 #27

Trump On Letting The Economy Collapse Urchin May 2016 #28

that's another way he's actually a pretty typical Republican: claim to be for small businesses yurbud May 2016 #29

"OWNED THE (what?)" At the end 2nd paragraph.. vkkv May 2016 #33

K&R napkinz May 2016 #34

Trump is your typical republican rockfordfile May 2016 #35

K & R! HuckleB May 2016 #36

Yet those who would be in the same position to have no recourse against his thuggishness Dark n Stormy Knight May 2016 #37

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Trump the successful businessman napkinz May 2016 #40

do we have to go back 30 years moonbabygo May 2016 #41