For the third time, citizens cannot use, or try to use, eminent domain. Only the state can use it. The state tried and failed. Trump did not try and fail bc he is a mere citizen, and citizens cannot use eminent domain.
Please don’t ask me to post this info a fourth time; thank you.
I already responded to that and pinged you. Trump has used campaign cash to get politicians to seek eminent domain to benefit him. So Cruz’s claim is that “the cost of doing business” that Trump talks about means buying politicians to do stuff like that on your behalf - including the use of eminent domain to try to buy out people who don’t want to sell. And Trump has not denied any of that, as far as I know. That IS “the cost of doing business”. Trump’s argument is that a lot of people gain when eminent domain is used, and the property owner is compensated. Which are valid points too.
The Cruz ad was not accurate if it said that Trump got rich through eminent domain, because Trump was not successful in trying eminent domain. But Cruz’s point about “the cost of doing business” including some “deals” to get government favors that target normal people. That part is true.
The point of all of this is that people stink. All people stink. As I said before, God help us all!