And Trump definitely tries.
It appears that the Finance yahoos hate “the Donald”.
Every entrepreneur knows the risk of starting a business. Not every one of them is going to make it. That’s life.
Having a business fail is not something to be ashamed of. It takes courage to take a risk.
What *is* something to be ashamed of is having an opportunity, but being too timid to act. Read what Jesus said about the guy who buried his talent instead of investing it, for fear of losing it. It didn’t go well for him.
So the article is saying Trump should run his businesses like the guvment? If it fails just keep throwing money at it??
So what? Most would have folded their tent long ago and given up. All this tells me is that he is not a quitter. You will never fail if you do not take risks. It is what you do after falling down that counts.
I understand Henry Ford had a couple of failed car companies before starting Ford Motor Company.
Speaking of which, when has the government ever folded a failing program?
Maybe President Trump will eliminate a dozen failed federal programs?
Be still, my foolish heart!
Harlan Sanders had a gas station he owned go out of business. When he tried again, he started serving fried chicken out of it. I heard that did fairly well.
Donald trump has experienced going through bankruptcy and making businesses viable once again.
Perfect experience to make whole that other bankrupt place called the US of A.
Here’s the list of companies (both successful and unsuccessful) started by the other nominee’s:
Trump is a $10 billion dollar failure leading in the polls to be the GOP nominee, who has orchestrated the discussion in congress and in the media to what he wanted ... when no one could figure out how to do that.
OPM......
What’s important is the businesses once existed. The fact they are gone is testimony to the difficulty of maintaining a business
Any one that has not has a failing or bankrupt business is lazy or at least not trying hard enough.
I think of the Department of Education and the EPA and even the IRS.
All have failed and are sucking up resources best used elsewhere
It would appear that you are not able to properly evaluate that which you think you have learned. Trump can recognize the failures and eliminate them.
meanwhile..... Go Scott!
I guess I would counter with some examples of others’ creations that have not failed - to our evident evident demise.
SSA - FDR
Great Society - LBJ
EITC - RM Nixon
Prescription Medicare - GW Bush
PPACA - Obama
These are just a very few; there are many, many others like them.
My point in this is to beg the question. If Trump started these failed businesses, who lost? Were the taxpayers on the hook like for the few examples I cited and the dozens and dozens of others that are out there?
Did he unilaterally impose a tax, fee, penalty or assessment on taxpayers at the virtual point of a gun to fund them?
The Trump media circus makes for great entertainment, but I will say that Trump is NOT POTUS MATERIAL.
While Republican voters might flirt with a drunken AW at a bar, at the end of the night they are going to go home with their wife or gf
Trump, for many Republican voters is basically nothing more than a Summer fling, a distraction.
Most will come to their senses eventually and will vote with their senses.
Thankfully, the election is not for another 15+ months.
Trump will likely be nothing more than a fond memory for some, while most will say “What was I thinking?”
If Trump was doing this a year from now, most Conservatives would reject him as being damaging to their chances of winning the WH, calling him “stealth RINO”
I can post lots of analogies, but I’m not drinking the Trump kool-aid anymore, except for an occasional glass or three at night or weekends, but come election time I will sober up completely.
My guess is that the Trump Kool-aid will have lost its appeal by then and the hangover will be far worse than the euphoria which will turn off most voters.
The only Trump discussion leading up to the election is will Cruz be able to win by a large enough margin to overcome the votes of the drunks writing-in Trump instead of voting Cruz, along with the Dems cheating and election fraud.
What will the margin be?
5%?
That wont even cover election fraud and cheating.
Not to mention the media and academia bias factor.
10%?
Getting warm, but do we really know?
Sobriety is not always fun, but provides much mental clarity.
Do I really need a SARC tag?
How many businesses have any of the other candidates started? Thanks.
I cannot believe folks, here on THIS forum, of ALL places...belittle Trump’s net worth and his business experience. Yes, he’s failed at some of his businesses....at least he’s had the guts and the ability to even start a business. Hey....he DID build that!
To fix this mess we’re in, this country needs a leader who has signed the FRONT of the payroll checks. Someone who understands exactly how free markets work...and how they trickle down to benefit EVERYONE in the income/profit stream.
Trump is the true American Dream story.
He became a billionaire by failing? Or he branched out multiple times, failed, and tried something else rather than being cowed by the failures?
What is the point of this article?
It certainly is. It’s clear that Trump doesn’t give up easily. What a character flaw!
The only way to avoid failure is not to try in the first place and every failure is another rung on the ladder to success.