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rockfordfile

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35. Trump is your typical republican

Reply to cali (Original post)

Wed May 11, 2016, 04:00 PM

May 2016

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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