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SHRED

(28,136 posts)
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 11:42 AM Dec 2016

tRump buildings worldwide as targets?

My wife had a provocative question I'm not hearing being asked:

What happens if a tRump building gets attacked (bombed, burned, etc)??

Those buildings would be prime targets.
At the very least who would want to stay in one after that?
At the worst how would he react? Would we go to war over it?

He needs to liquidate his assets and place it all in a blind trust (if he has any assets).

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tRump buildings worldwide as targets? (Original Post) SHRED Dec 2016 OP
It has been brought up here a number of times. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #1
Thank you SHRED Dec 2016 #2
So did I. This is the first I've seen the question brought up. Pacifist Patriot Dec 2016 #11
I wonder if the M$M has ever brought the subject up? SHRED Dec 2016 #3
They are, I think, justifiably fearful of being blamed for suggesting targets. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #7
Yeah like the media not mentioning it will prevent it SHRED Dec 2016 #9
Anyone staying in one of his buildings becomes a potential victim.... Historic NY Dec 2016 #4
Yes they should SHRED Dec 2016 #8
Yet another reason to avoid Trump properties. MineralMan Dec 2016 #5
Trump assets should be liquidated Pantagruel Dec 2016 #6
Weekly warnings shoul be posted online warning people of the risk they run by staying in a Trump world wide wally Dec 2016 #10
DailyKOS has several pieces on the issue. CousinIT Dec 2016 #12
How can it be "news" since it hasn't happened? SHRED Dec 2016 #13
No idea. I suspect the bot is some Trumpanzee trickery. CousinIT Dec 2016 #24
Trump buildings, in general, are not assets. Thor_MN Dec 2016 #14
Is this a fact? It would make sense that he couldn't divest them, then. Also makes you wonder if JudyM Dec 2016 #26
Doesn't bother me a bit if they are targets. summerschild Dec 2016 #15
I feel for the locals who work in or near them Retrograde Dec 2016 #22
Just a matter of time kentuck Dec 2016 #16
He's going to demand armed security protection at our tax dollar expense lunatica Dec 2016 #17
And he'll charge rent on every other property for the security we Bettie Dec 2016 #25
Whatever happens he'll make money from it lunatica Dec 2016 #18
would he have bdamomma Dec 2016 #19
people are already refusing to stay at hotels with that name, doing any events at venues with niyad Dec 2016 #20
Unless they're buttering up the regime Retrograde Dec 2016 #23
Disasters waiting to happen. moondust Dec 2016 #21
Despite the hay Trump would make with this forgotmylogin Dec 2016 #27
You have to remember moda253 Dec 2016 #28

rzemanfl

(29,565 posts)
7. They are, I think, justifiably fearful of being blamed for suggesting targets.
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 11:52 AM
Dec 2016

Like great big gold letters on a building are not suggestion enough.

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
4. Anyone staying in one of his buildings becomes a potential victim....
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 11:50 AM
Dec 2016

just renaming them isn't going to help. The state dept. should warn Americans

 

Pantagruel

(2,580 posts)
6. Trump assets should be liquidated
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 11:51 AM
Dec 2016

His name on anything makes it a target. I'd never stay in a Trump hotel or own a Trump condo. Insurance rates probably going up on both.

world wide wally

(21,744 posts)
10. Weekly warnings shoul be posted online warning people of the risk they run by staying in a Trump
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 12:00 PM
Dec 2016

building.

CousinIT

(9,245 posts)
12. DailyKOS has several pieces on the issue.
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 12:08 PM
Dec 2016

I tweeted one of the links and got a Twitter bot telling me it was "fake news".

Pfft.

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
14. Trump buildings, in general, are not assets.
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 12:15 PM
Dec 2016

They are debts, heavily mortgaged. If he has any equity, it is only due to his overstating their worth.

He's a billionaire, only he he doesn't bother to say that it's billion's of dollars of debts, not assets.

JudyM

(29,250 posts)
26. Is this a fact? It would make sense that he couldn't divest them, then. Also makes you wonder if
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 06:07 PM
Dec 2016

all his billionaire cabinet members got their offers in exchange for payment to him of some kind... I wouldn't put that kind of a deal past him.

Retrograde

(10,137 posts)
22. I feel for the locals who work in or near them
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 03:08 PM
Dec 2016

and I wouldn't want them to suffer any harm. The people staying there voluntarily - that's their lookout. As for the buildings - they're just buildings and should not be of any concern to the US.

If a building is destroyed (and no one innocent, I hope, injured) we can look forward to Trump suing his insurance companies when they refuse to pay, claiming acts of war.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
17. He's going to demand armed security protection at our tax dollar expense
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 01:36 PM
Dec 2016

He's also going to have us pay rent for the many floors in Trump Tower in New York because he'll say it's the other White House.

Bettie

(16,110 posts)
25. And he'll charge rent on every other property for the security we
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 03:47 PM
Dec 2016

pay for.

And then, jack up the rents becasue "Extra Bigly Security"!

niyad

(113,323 posts)
20. people are already refusing to stay at hotels with that name, doing any events at venues with
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 02:10 PM
Dec 2016

that name, and boycotting the shopping that bears that name.

targets? I would think it is a yes.

Retrograde

(10,137 posts)
23. Unless they're buttering up the regime
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 03:10 PM
Dec 2016

see the posts on Kuwaiti diplomats switching their holiday party from The Four Seasons to the former Post Office building due to supposed pressure from Trump's buddies

moondust

(19,988 posts)
21. Disasters waiting to happen.
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 02:49 PM
Dec 2016

My question is WHO will be called upon to risk their health and well-being to exact revenge on behalf of the thin-skinned, vengeful bigot. U.S. forces and intelligence assets? Forget it, Yambo.

forgotmylogin

(7,529 posts)
27. Despite the hay Trump would make with this
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 10:36 AM
Dec 2016

he would probably be happy to receive the insurance and lose a mortgage.

 

moda253

(615 posts)
28. You have to remember
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 11:27 AM
Dec 2016

You have to remember that these voters have been told over and over again that raising the minimum wage would send jobs elsewhere so much that they believe it to their core and to the point that they will vote against raising their own wages. The GOP has preyed upon the loss of jobs (that has nothing to do with a min wage hike) to the point that these people believe that their fast food and service jobs will dry up.

-note I am not disparaging fast food and service workers

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