Trump

[macal]

   The Donald is considering a run for governor of NYS. That should spice things up.

[eupany]

It is all hype. Trump does this for publicity.  I really wish he would run, he has the money and the name recognition to push Cuomo into a corner and maybe even defeat him.

[black dog]

Didn't he get bailed out a while back?

[Rockdale]

Didn't he get bailed out a while back?

>>>> I don't believe The Donald had to be bailed out because The Donald always structures every one of his business ventures in the same way:  Trump organizes a project and raises the money to carry it out from other people.  His participation is in the form of the supposed value his name confers rather than risking his own money.  If the project works out his return comes from a percentage taken off the top.  If it fails other people lose, and he then walks away from the failure, trusting in the short attention span of most of the American public.  Mr. Trump is certainly free to seek the nomination for Governor of New York from the Republicans, or from the Democrats too if he chooses to switch parties.  But I doubt that Mr. Trump's candidacy would advance the debate over finally ending the ludicrous moratorium on HVHF in New York.  Any political run for office by Mr. Trump would quickly degenerate into nothing more than a referendum on Donald Trump rather than anything of much substance.

[black dog]

Didn't he get bailed out a while back?

>>>> I don't believe The Donald had to be bailed out because The Donald always structures every one of his business ventures in the same way:  Trump organizes a project and raises the money to carry it out from other people.  His participation is in the form of the supposed value his name confers rather than risking his own money.  If the project works out his return comes from a percentage taken off the top.  If it fails other people lose, and he then walks away from the failure, trusting in the short attention span of most of the American public.  Mr. Trump is certainly free to seek the nomination for Governor of New York from the Republicans, or from the Democrats too if he chooses to switch parties.  But I doubt that Mr. Trump's candidacy would advance the debate over finally ending the ludicrous moratorium on HVHF in New York.  Any political run for office by Mr. Trump would quickly degenerate into nothing more than a referendum on Donald Trump rather than anything of much substance.

http://phoenixbankruptcynews.com/2011/04/the-history-of-donald-trumps-bankruptcy-filings.html

[windycamel]

FlashBack if you want, Then flash forward and ask yourself... (if ya can stop twitching)

can your president make a great deal to get the most bankrupt country,in the history of the world out of dept?

actually twitching and typing at the same time would make it more fun to read!!

[aubrey]

first time I've seen this thread.

i'll try not to twitch windy, when I say that no, I do not think that trump can right this ship and steer it clear of the perils we face.

I think 20 trillion is too close to insolvency, and with the stagnant economy that trump inherited, it's gonna get worse.

couple that with his crippled presidency due to obstruction, and it looks like a recipe for economic disaster.

but hey! trump is the Molotov cocktail that America threw into the white house to end the Obama tax and waste era. so at least there's that! 

wj

[windycamel]

Molotov cocktail, is that the Russian connection they were talking about??.. or did they miss that on the 6 o'clock news tale. Well, they all return to Washington soon so this absolutely
boring summer August will end. On to better obstruction (which works) and the 2018 campaign
season.
I had forgotten about this thread myself, Thanks aubrey.

[aubrey]

boring?

oh man, there's grass to mow, firewood to cut, there's all those trips to the mailbox for the royalty checks, and best of all...august is the start of CIDER SEASON!

but, other than that I guess, yeah kinda boring.

wj

[Wax]

Lindsey Graham & John McCain  have trumped the Presidency.

[fracingA]

Love Trump or hate him, Trump will be our President for next 7+ years. He really is the only shot we have to MAGA.  Obstructionism, Fake News, ect. is all Drama which is slowing us down for sure but we'll get thru it & get on the right path.  As long as Trump keeps fighting, we the people who are mostly calm & silent will speak loudly once again when needed to move Our Great Country Forward!