Breaking News Donald Trump is a Con Artist
Published by Freethinking on April 19, 2011 in US Politics-
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Donald Trump is playing a cat and mouse game with American politics and like most fringe element candidates, he’s hell bent on driving a wedge into the heart of our country. He was liberal before being conservative; He was for abortion before being against abortion. He claims to be a self made billionaire, yet his companies have filed multiple bankruptcies. Quite frankly, Donald Trump is the ultimate con artist.
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Like the barker on a midway or a ring leader in the circus, Mr. Trump is the consummate braggart and self promoter. His alleged accomplishments are filled with more holes than my screen door. To say Donald is a breath of fresh air would be the same as drinking from the Koch Brothers polluted waters. The man reeks of arrogance, as if his alter ego is Charlie Sheen. His depth and scope of the United States and the world runs about as deep as Sarah Palin’s. Mr. Trump is pulling the wool over everyone’s eyes, much the same as his famous hair comb over.
Speaking before a Tea Party rally in Florida Trump stated, in part, that President Obama is living in a world of make-believe and even the fact that he became president is make believe. He went on to chastise President Obama for the deficit troubles that plague our country. Hear ye, hear ye….Donald Trump’s enterprises have filed for bankruptcy FOUR (4) times! It is obvious he is educated in economics, simply look at the number of occasions his corporations have filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection.
First is the 1991 $3.5 BILLION dollar debt that went unpaid for Trump’s Taj Mahal. The bankruptcy gave investors half ownership of the Taj Mahal.
Secondly, less than a year after the Taj Mahal debacle Trump Plaza Hotel was on the verge of collapse when he filed for bankruptcy again and this time he gave up 49% of his interest to the bank and other lenders.
The third bankruptcy and restructuring of Trump’s debt occurred in 2004 at which point Mr. Economic Guru reduced his interest in Trump Hotels & Resorts to 27%.
Finally, just 2 short years ago….drum roll please….facing $500 MILLION dollars in debt, and a debt ratio of ONLY $50 MILLION dollars in assets, Donnie Boy had to file yet again for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection.
In an interview on Good Morning America, Mr. Trump continued the charades of flip flopping all over the place. He was for abortion before he was against it. Donald at one point wanted to raise taxes on the wealthy and now he doesn’t. At another time in the life of the con artist he was for universal health care, before he was against it. Even in his book, “The America We Deserve” Trump classified himself as a “liberal.”
So outraged by Donald Trump’s metamorphosis, the extremely conservative group “Club For Growth” issued a strongly worded press release stating that Trump is NOT a conservative and rather they believe he is a liberal. Karl Rove also chimed in that the Republican Party would not endorse Trump.
I think it is becoming more obvious as time goes by that Donald Trump is hawking his wares to sell his TV show and feed his immense ego. The Conservatives, nor the Republicans will legitimize his presidential candidacy, so before the race gets off the ground, “Donald Trump, you are FIRED!”
Written By: Dennis L. Page
Other articles written by Dennis L. Page include:
The Koch Brothers and Their Influence on American Politics
You know I have to agree with this one…
I think the USA will be so much better without a government. I don’t know much about politics, whether he is a con artist or not, I do like the idea of having somebody to run for president–only if they are billionaires.
If the people of the USA vote Trump into power at any level, it will be a far worse indictment on them that voting in George Dubbya ever was. Please say it can’t happen!! Then on the other hand, the UK voted David Cameron in!
Adalie, without goverment there will be anarchy… And trust me, it is more terrible…
He is a joke. He and Palin ought to get married.
I think his name says it all “Donald TRUMP”.
He loves himself funny picture
I had to hit the “LIKE” button because there is no “LOVE!” button. I never knew Trump was such an idiot before he started going down the political trail. There more he speaks, the less I like him and if Americans are foolish enough to vote for him, I may have to move to Canada!
You’ve gotta love the guy. He says Obama is living in fantasy world and that the country is going under because of all these deficits… and it was his greedy kind that got us into this trouble in the first place. Great share.
Dennis – an excellent article as always. I have a lot of distrust for this bloke – not to be trusted
President Obama’s policies hit Donald Trump where it hurts. They were created for people like him who make risky investments and expect the taxpayers to pay for his mistakes. He obviously cannot manage his money and he should not be allowed to accumulate any more property.
Great article, thanks for uncovering the path this man has been following.
@TrevorS – the people of the UK believed they were voting David Cameron out by voting Liberal Democrat. Nobody believed that Clegg would do a deal with the right and abandon Lib Dem policies…
There is a theory knocking around that Trump is only interested in upping the audience for The Apprentice but in light of the bankruptcies reported in this article you’d have to question if he is the man to front such a show.
Sorry to point this out AND THIS IS NO REASON TO VOTE FOR THE WEIRDO but Trump for president would be comedy gold – the end of the world maybe but pure comedy gold!
Trump is a conman and a chancer.
America needs him like a hole in the head.
Excellent article Freethinking thanks
Interesting observation Dennis…I must agree with you on this one
LOL…I Think he ought to look for another job..You just FIRED him
Great Read my friend
I laughed when reading your last sentence. He is better stick to the entertainment business only.
I’m with you on this one.
Interesting observations and bold statements you gave here. Enjoyed the article as well as the comments.
It looks like the Real-estate mogul continues to flirt with the idea of running for the 2012 Republican nomination for president. No wonder the Mayans think that the world is coming to an end on that very same year. Obviously he is not a viable candidate. America, choose wisely!
Great article, what is worrying for the US is the fact that this man with his record of finances if he ever got hold of the country’s purse strings could well be on his way to a fifth bankruptcy. how is he allowed to remain as a creditable businessman?
@AndAnotherThing
Folks that thought that they could vote out Cameron by voting in Clegg were living in cloud-cuckoo land. The Lib Dems were never going to get enough votes to keep the Torys out. The big problem was, and still is, well into the foreseeable future, that the candidates who become party leaders and potential PM’s, are a pathetic bunch, none of whom amount to much. But the people have to vote for someone.
I like how you presented the “other side” of Mr. Trump..
Trump eh?
I think the USA will be so much better without a government.
I do like the idea of having somebody to run for president–only if they are billionaires.
Please say it can’t happen!!
He is a joke. He and Palin ought to get married.
LOL…I Think he ought to look for another job..You just FIRED him
Good article! Nice job on covering one of the true greedy idiots on the planet. If he becomes president, I’m out of here. Move over Canadians…please make room for one more!
He’s not conning anyone with that crap wig. Another excellent post, totally agree.
This article portrays Donald Trump as he is really is.
Yup, he is just a game show in real life. Beware of the chap.
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nice…
its all about the money, and the crassness that goes with it. Like anything else, he hawks himself quite well.
I don’t think people are going to end up taking him seriously. He is only ahead in some of the polls now because of name recognition. He is entertaining though. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent article, Dennis!! I couldn’t agree more!!
Like it Dennis cheers
@TrevorS – Clegg could have made a similar arrangement with Brown – that was what the voters thought would happen they didn’t expect Clegg to break promises. It doesn’t matter anyway – it’ll be fine give it a year or two. The Lib Dems are finished and the left will be revitalised by a leader with substance and revisiting actula socialist values not Blair corrupted socialism. There will be another landslide like 1997 by (perhaps, hopefully, pray if you do that kind of thing) this time the chance won’t be squandered.
@FreeThinking – Trump cons himself that he’s not bald with that ridiculous comb over – just saw you were top of the most popular articles and you’ve replaced Ulsterman… only thing is his seat would really smell… yuk and tee hee – well done – more articles like this please!
this is a joke! trump has filed for bankruptcy, obama is too stupid to do that,”and a debt ratio of ONLY $50 MILLION dollars in assets” you say only very sarcastically,but what has obama done for us? truly answer that question one good thing he has done for us? looking at the deficit ummmmm, im gonna go with NOTHING! the deficit started at 8 trillion, in just 2 years it is 14 trillion soon to be 15 trillion
To Brad: Stay tuned for more Brad because the right, neoconservative, big oil, big business, insurance industry, Wall Street cronies provide a lot of comical fodder for those with a clear head and an education. What has Obama done? He is doing his best to stop providing welfare for the rich!
There are two types of people in this world– those who fool people and those who allow themselves to be fooled. The worst part is, there are more of the latter. Great going Dennis.
Similar attitudes of successive administrations have been responsible for US retracting from Bretton Woods accord long ago and causing a never ending cycle of run away inflation all over the world.
hahaha wonderful job here!
LOL, you have written such a funny writing. It’s entertaining as well as deep contents. I like his style, but I don’t really like his personality. Trump is Trump, and Trump in this current time might be different with Trump tomorrow or Trump yesterday.