"It's a complete disaster," a campaign adviser told the Post. "They use and abuse people. The policy office fell apart in August when the promised checks weren't delivered."
The Deadbeat Of Real Estate
"Is he that rich,
maybe he's poor,
'til he reveals his returns,
who can be sure?"
- Barbra
Streisand sings to the tune of "Send In
The Clowns"
For decades, Trump has been known in real estate circles as a deadbeat: with
over 400 liens against his properties, by waiters, contractors, and even some
his own lawyers for non payment, the man has a lot of splainin' to do to
supporters who look upon him as a successful businessman.
An exclusive USA TODAY analysis of legal filings across the United States finds that the [then] presumptive Republican presidential nominee and his businesses have been involved in at least 3,500 legal actions in federal and state courts during the past three decades. They range from skirmishes with casino patrons to million-dollar real estate suits to personal defamation lawsuits.
Some of lawsuits involved the infamous Trump modus operandi: run them down
until they go bankrupt with legal fees.
Will Trump surrogates and spokespeople get paid? Supposedly they are ... for
now, but time will tell: in eight weeks, Trump might see another battery of
lawsuits.
So where does the money go?
Getting something for nothing is lucrative, especially for a man like Donald
Trump. Trump's pockets are full of unspent money for projects, tons of money
from Trump Branding (mostly in Muslim
countries!) and deals where the deposits were lost (to him)
A take on Trump's finances:
- He's worth a lot less than he says he is - maybe not even a billion.
- most of his money has been filtered through his branding to offshore accounts.
- he has dealings with many of the people/countries he excoriates.
- he's had more failures than successes
- his convoluted finances hide that fact that he is (besides the offshore accounts) hocked up to the hilt and in debt to various shady businesses since banks refuse to loan him money.**
- he has piled convoluted deal unto convoluted so that auditing is inevitable and he will never release his returns - keeping his image in his own hands.
There is some irony in the fact that a self-proclaimed business whiz is a deadbeat. Either that or with hundreds of "no-pay-for-shoddy-work" excuses, he demonstrates just how bad he is in scrutinizing potential employees and contractors.
Will surrogates and upper level campaign staff turn on him? Doubtful. They don't want to join the "ranks of rubes/" - the millions who have been duped into thinking that Trump is "the man," because he says so.
Meantime, the suits keep piling up from outside the campaign.
Let's hope the cheerleaders win their suit - after The Donald loses his election.
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