Donald Trump, Well-known Hobo

He's just like you and me......

Trump: I Had A Rough Life, My Dad Only Gave Me A “Small Loan” Of $1 Million
by Colin Taylor • October 26, 2015

Donald Trump lives in his own delusional world that has no connection to the realities that most Americans have to struggle with every day. This was made abundantly clear when he told NBC’s Matt Lauer that he had it hard as a young man, as his father gave him a “small loan” of only a million dollars, as reported by POLITICO:

“It has not been easy for me. It has not been easy for me. I started off in Brooklyn. My father gave me a small loan of a million dollars,” Trump remarked. “I came into Manhattan, and I had to pay him back, and I had to pay him back with interest. But I came into Manhattan and I started buying properties, and I did great.”

NBC’s Matt Lauer followed up on Trump’s “small loan” remark: “By the way, let’s just put this in perspective, you said it hasn’t been easy for you, but my dad gave me a million-dollar loan. That probably is going to seem pretty easy to a lot of people.”

“You’re right, but a million dollars isn’t very much compared to what I’ve built,” Trump countered. “I mean, I’ve built one of the great companies, but it’s always been, you know, you can’t do this, you can’t do that.”

Yes, poor Trump spent his early years in expensive boarding schools and was given start-up money for his “business” career, the success of which has been questionable at best, given his multiple bankruptcies. It’s hard to imagine anyone more representative of the selfish excesses of wealthy America or be more disconnected from the struggles of everyday Americans. It’s mind-boggling to understand how anyone can pretend this man cares or even understands the problems facing the American middle class.

 

Do you ever wonder how the Clinton's got so wealthy? Especially when they still claim to be financially modest. They own 5 homes, not exactly modest, hmmm......

 

People get million-dollar loans every day. So what? Trump paid it back with interest. It's what he DID with that loan that matters. He built it into a multi-billion dollar business. Would you have felt better about it had he gotten the million from a bank? Or from the mob? Or from a union?

 

Well, at least Trump paid back his Dad's loan with interest. When I was a young man I sometimes needed to borrow money from Pop and I always paid the loan off early with interest even though Pop did not expect me to include interest. I am sad to say that my daughter has never paid me back a loan and she said I owe it to her!? I refuse to loan her any more money and she cut me out of her life.

 

Could someone please tell me why Trump's "loan" is any different than Hillary's loan (AKA "advance")?

Hillary Clinton Book Advance, $8 Million, Is Near Record
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Published: December 16, 2000

Senator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton agreed last night to sell Simon & Schuster a memoir of her years as first lady, for the near-record advance of about $8 million.

 

You know when my dad loaned me a million dollars, I immediately paid off my my expensive boarding school loans, no wait, daddy did that, I immediately paid my college loans off, no wait a minute, daddy paid for my college, I used the million dollars to pay for my first two divorces, no wait, I had to pay for court costs for my multiple bankruptcies, no wait, I inherited as much as 200 million dollars from daddy....

I am just an average American success story.

 

Some tell me what Trump has in common with any average American. Nothing.

 

...and when the Clintons left the White House they were dead broke...

 

That's a million $$$ in what, 1960? What would that compare to today? 5 million? 10?

(checks)....damn, I was right in range...CPI Inflation Calculator says that 1 million dollars in 1960 translates to just over 8 million today.

Someone should tell that to Trump. Just for the fun of it.

 

He thinks America can return to a great country if we get it moving in the right direction.

 

Who the f@#$ can even give their son an 8 million dollar loan?

"Look son, all I have is 11 mil on me, man. Ask your mother."

 

America IS great country and people like Trump had nothing to do with that.

 

What the hell does it matter to you? If his father loaned him $1M or 100M, it's none of your business. How do you think businesses are started, garbage man? The only thing you know anything about is how to hold your hand out for government subsidies. Get a life, parrot.

 

It could be jealousy, or resentment, or personal avarice for something someone else has, but I should let individuals speak for them self.

 

How much did you have to do with it??? Did you start up a business and employ thousands of people? If so, I would like to hear your credentials. If not, shut up, phony!

 

Right Direction or Wrong Track
27% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
in Politics

Monday, October 26, 2015

Twenty-seven percent (27%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending October 23.

 

That just tells me 27% are either bureaucrats, or delusional, as if there is a difference.

 

Just a couple of observations on Mr T. In addition to the borrowed million he inherited 35 to 40 more millions when Trump Sr Died back in 1999. By that time he had declared bankruptcy twice. He declared bankruptcy a third time in 2004 and yet again in 2009.

These were chapter 11s, which allowed him to stay in business, but screw over his suppliers and employees, as well as the banks. He seems to no qualms about being a serial bankrupt, rather the opposite. So much for the vaunted sense of personal responsibility that the Right claims for its own.

Trump is a perfect example of a rich kid who was born on third and with luck, a flair for showmanship, a willingness to take risks, good lawyers, and no compunction about leaving his creditors holding the bag made it to home base. Admirable? To a certain sort of person, I guess so.

 

Sorry, but Mr. T (as you call him) has never declared bankruptcy. Now 4 of his businesses have declared bankruptcy, but that puts him WAY WAY WAY ahead of the norm. 90% of all startup companies fail. I could not find a specific number, but he owns at least 16 companies (and undoubtedly many more). That puts him as at least 7 times more successful than the norm. And he employees at least 22,000 employees.