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madguy

(51 posts)
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 05:08 PM Oct 2016

Thrump just claimed he never declared bankruptcy!

Pueblo, Colorado, reading from his teleprompter like a big boy (and mispronouncing 'business acumen') the bloated-lying-tangerine claimed he didn't have to go under like so many others! Never! I hope this makes it into an ad to be contrasted with the facts of his FOUR bankruptcies!

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Thrump just claimed he never declared bankruptcy! (Original Post) madguy Oct 2016 OP
digging, digging, digging rurallib Oct 2016 #1
t'rump is certainly giving Hillary plenty of ammunition... chillfactor Oct 2016 #2
Six bankruptcies? BSdetect Oct 2016 #3
His businesses, not him jberryhill Oct 2016 #5
I thought he declared bankruptcy when he was divorcing Ivanna. Thinkingabout Oct 2016 #14
he personally JUST reports a 1 bil loss Motley13 Oct 2016 #15
+1 uponit7771 Oct 2016 #22
He makes a distinction between personal bankruptcies and those of his businesses jberryhill Oct 2016 #4
Yeah, it makes him smart dontcha know! hamsterjill Oct 2016 #6
He must have a postive organism exboyfil Oct 2016 #8
Deadbeat Donald strikes again. nt TeamPooka Oct 2016 #9
Isn't that what professional hitmen always say in movies: "It's not personal, it's business."? pinboy3niner Oct 2016 #11
Wants it both ways NYC Liberal Oct 2016 #13
Yes, but he was personally on the hook for almost $1 Billion TexasBushwhacker Oct 2016 #19
+1, even when he WAS making money he still slow or no payed his vendors !!!! uponit7771 Oct 2016 #21
I think that's his plan. HassleCat Oct 2016 #7
At this point, who cares? His lies are piling up like a haystack, and this is just another straw. Buzz Clik Oct 2016 #10
Oh, is that what he has on his head? Motley13 Oct 2016 #16
And the reason no American bank will loan him money? randome Oct 2016 #12
He's going to panic MFM008 Oct 2016 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author kestrel91316 Oct 2016 #18
Technically it is SIX but he lumped his casino bankruptcies together.....PoliticoFact........ riversedge Oct 2016 #20
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
5. His businesses, not him
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 05:14 PM
Oct 2016

While he has screwed partners, investors, creditors and contractors through the bankruptcies of his businesses, he personally has never declared bankruptcy.

He believes this is a noble accomplishment.

Motley13

(3,867 posts)
15. he personally JUST reports a 1 bil loss
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 05:46 PM
Oct 2016

Last edited Mon Oct 3, 2016, 07:29 PM - Edit history (1)


Then stiffs workers, contractors, small businesses to dig his way out, while lending institutions bailed him out to get some of their money back.



 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
4. He makes a distinction between personal bankruptcies and those of his businesses
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 05:13 PM
Oct 2016

It's kind of funny, really.

He is correct - He, Donald Trump, never declared bankruptcy.

What he has done is to use the bankruptcy laws to suck all the value out of his companies in order to enrich himself, while leaving investors and creditors holding the bag.

He is actually proud of this.

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
6. Yeah, it makes him smart dontcha know!
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 05:15 PM
Oct 2016

Cheating is his life's ambition.

He cheats the rest of us by not paying taxes. He cheats his contractors by not paying them and having his companies declare bankruptcy.

His supporters cannot see this????? Unbelievable.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
11. Isn't that what professional hitmen always say in movies: "It's not personal, it's business."?
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 05:21 PM
Oct 2016

Well, alrighty then.

NYC Liberal

(20,136 posts)
13. Wants it both ways
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 05:39 PM
Oct 2016

When his businesses do well, he wants personal credit.

When his businesses fail, he wants none of the blame.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,190 posts)
19. Yes, but he was personally on the hook for almost $1 Billion
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 07:10 PM
Oct 2016

on the Taj Mahal deal. He didn't have to declare personal bankruptcy, but he did have to sell his personal property, including his yacht and the Trump Air fleet. He even had to give back 500 slot machines and his stake was diluted.

"As Boston bankruptcy attorney Ted Connolly put it, Trump used the bankruptcy proceedings to negotiate away his personal liabilities while leaving the business saddled with debt."

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/431420/donald-trumps-2016-debate-lies-he-went-bankrupt
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HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
7. I think that's his plan.
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 05:15 PM
Oct 2016

Claim he never went banko, then deny he said it. Claim he is Jesus Christ, then deny he said it. Claim he has a sex tape showing the entire Clinton family doing it with goats, then deny he said it. He's left with nothing but his ability to get attention, to cause a stir, to utter such outrageous statements the media have to challenge him, then claim he's being persecuted. That's about the only path open to him now.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
12. And the reason no American bank will loan him money?
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 05:35 PM
Oct 2016

Hillary, of course!
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