Trump was at it again in New York this past Friday. He called a press conference to deliver an angry 50-minute ramble and then not answer any questions. He happened to be in New York City to attend an appeal with a bunch of his lawyers for one of his decided legal cases (civil) where… Continue reading Trump 24: Stuck in the Groove (September 8, 2024)
Category: Trump’s Business Record
Trump’s Report Card: With Friends Like These (May 29, 2017)
Trump.45 fancies himself first and foremost as a businessman par excellence and without contemporary peer. In a close second place is Trump.45’s personal legendary estimate that he is the smartest politician on the planet, possessed of n unerring instinct for the needs of common man, while he spiritually channels two American presidential greats: man of… Continue reading Trump’s Report Card: With Friends Like These (May 29, 2017)
Shards of Trump 2017: The President is Too Busy to Be Deposed (January 5, 2017)
January 5, 2017 From Politico: Donald Trump was forced to take a time-out Thursday from his frenzied planning for the White House, sitting for a sworn, videotaped deposition in Trump Tower. It’s an extraordinary circumstance for any president or president-elect. The last president to be deposed was Bill Clinton in 1998, in the Paula Jones… Continue reading Shards of Trump 2017: The President is Too Busy to Be Deposed (January 5, 2017)
Trump’s Relative Value Scale: Exxon, Apple, and Indiana (January 4, 2017)
Trump has made it abundantly clear. He is all in for the green. He rates his business record and self-professed personal wealth as the dominant cornerstones of his success. And the primary and overwhelming reason why Americans should trust him to lead this country, above and beyond all other candidates. That myopic and constricted vision… Continue reading Trump’s Relative Value Scale: Exxon, Apple, and Indiana (January 4, 2017)
Trump: Crumbs On the Table, Sweet and Savory (October 11, 2016)
The Trump news equivalent of donut holes and other morsels of Trumpitude, refreshed daily. From out of the ether on Tuesday, October 11, 2016: Crumb the First The Redoubtable Newt Gingrich http://www.cbsnews.com/news/newt-gingrich-warns-gop-reaction-to-donald-trump-could-lead-to-hillary-clinton-win/ Gingrich said that Clinton would be a “nightmare” and would produce the “most corrupt and dishonest administration in American history.” “I think to… Continue reading Trump: Crumbs On the Table, Sweet and Savory (October 11, 2016)
Donald Trump & Mark Cuban: Billionaire Bro Fight (September 25, 2016)
Mark Cuban, a fellow billionaire, has been invited to attend the presidential debate on Monday. His attendance at the debate has gotten Trump all hot under the collar, and he’s developed an itch elsewhere. For those who don’t know much about him, Mark Cuban is younger (age 58 vs. Trump’s 70), fitter, prettier, sports much… Continue reading Donald Trump & Mark Cuban: Billionaire Bro Fight (September 25, 2016)
Trump: The Codex Trumpius, Perspectives from Outside (June 7, 2016)
The 2016 election primary season is essentially over, save for the shouting. No disrespect to the District of Columbia and its pending primary (D June 14), but the District will never board the Trump Train, and they have but three electoral votes to cast against him. If we are to endure the constant assault of… Continue reading Trump: The Codex Trumpius, Perspectives from Outside (June 7, 2016)
Trump’s New Metric: Lawsuits per Billion Ratio (June 1, 2016)
Trump’s hair-trigger lawsuit behavior has been much in the news this past week, It started with his intemperate and racist outburst about the San Diego based Trump University fraud case, and morphed into a more searching examination of his typical business practices for more than 30 years. Trump Art: The Lawsuit Golden Abstract (Interactive Graphic)… Continue reading Trump’s New Metric: Lawsuits per Billion Ratio (June 1, 2016)
Trump: Memoirs of a Man of Pleasure (AKA Johnny Miller) (May 21, 2016)
Can you say John Cleland? Or, for those out there fond of word puzzles. Johnny Miller. Two proper names. Take the first name, drop the third letter. Change the first vowel to another vowel two alphabetic positions before. Change the first consonant of the first name to the sixth letter of the alphabet. Take the… Continue reading Trump: Memoirs of a Man of Pleasure (AKA Johnny Miller) (May 21, 2016)