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Donald "Greatest Jobs President God Ever Created" Trump Reveals $8.7 Billion Net Worth

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He's back... and, according to his accountant, he's worth $8.737 billion.

 

 

"So, ladies and gentlemen, I am officially running for president of the United States, and we are going to make our country great again," Trump told the crowd.

The quiet unassuming Trump added, "I will be the greatest jobs president God ever created."

 

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Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:32 | 6201878 HedgeAccordingly
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lol.. ..... his speech "screw china" "screw Obama" etc.  but.. probably would still vote for him over Jebber and the like..

Smell Like Donald Trump With His New ‘Empire’ Fragrance

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:39 | 6201937 JustObserving
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Why is it that the sleaziest amongst us run for President?

 

A Sneak Peek into Donald Trump’s Dirty Empire

With lawsuits pending, Trump’s business empire could not withstand the close scrutiny of a presidential campaign, and even his kids might have been muddied. Wayne Barrett, who first exposed Trump’s ties to organized crime in his 1992 book, looked into the Donald’s most recent business dealings and discovered:

• One associate who was an “unindicted co-conspirator” in a massive 2000 stock swindle—and escaped prison only by helping to convict 19 others, including six members of New York crime families
• Two associates who served prison time on cocaine charges
• Another partner prosecuted for trafficking underage girls after a dramatic helicopter raid on a yacht off the Turkish coast
• A pending lawsuit against Trump Soho that alleges daughter Ivanka, among others, made fraudulent misrepresentations

http://www.cheatsheet.com/hot-feature/a-sneak-peek-into-donald-trumps-di...

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:44 | 6201965 HedgeAccordingly
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at least he is honest and actualy cares about the country and running the country like a business not a piggy bank..

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:50 | 6202002 Titus
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Are you smoking crack?

Trump loots whatever he can by whatever means necessary. He's also beholden to bankers to stay afloat. Full of shit and hot air. Fuck Trump. He's not a businessman, he's a thief, and he doesn't give two shits about running the country. He wants a position of authority so that his businesses get preferential treatment.

He's as dirty as every politican before him and every politican to come after him.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:52 | 6202019 HedgeAccordingly
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moron.... and O'bumma is not a thief? he has destroyed our country from inside out.. you are an idiot.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:55 | 6202035 El Vaquero
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You defend Trump.

Titus says Trump is a thief and says NOTHING about the cocksucker-in-chief.

You put words in Titus's mouth by implying that he doesn't think the CiC is a crook.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:56 | 6202046 HedgeAccordingly
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blah blah blah.. creative words you use.. i do no think the president sucks cock. feeble mind.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:00 | 6202074 El Vaquero
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Sure, sure, I have a feeble mind.  Yet I noticed that your attempt at insults was not on point, and brought up somebody who was never mentioned, while trying to imply that if Titus doesn't like Trump, then he must be OK with Obama.  What does that say about your mind?

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:06 | 6202088 nope-1004
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June 2014 statement?

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:13 | 6202128 Titus
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False dichotomy.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:17 | 6202147 Boris Alatovkrap
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True lobotomy.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:19 | 6202157 Manthong
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geez, ..  if this is the best we can do... we are so, so f'd.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 14:03 | 6202590 graneros
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Why is everyone so down on the man? If the election were held today he is the only person out of any of the available shitbirds in any of the political parties I could bring myself to vote for.  I'd to it because he isn't a politician. Is he a Wall Street Banker type as everyone claims?  I personally don't think he is in the same league as all the rest. They all run in packs like the rabid dogs they are.  This man, Trump, at least is his own man. Plus he talks like a man and not some pussy fucking politician or banker. Just the fact he speaks his mind without parsing or thinking about how every sylablle sounds or will be interpreted before leaving his mouth puts him head and shoulders above everyone of the 2 or 3 million dipstick Presidential candidates we currently have. I'm not saying he is the ideal candidate but he is at least a breath of fresh air and the man knows how to make money and run a business.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 14:15 | 6202633 TruthInSunshine
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Trump lists a LEASE on the Palm Beach Golf Course as an asset on his books, with its full appraised fee-simple title value used.

He's a broke dick hack whose casino empire crumbled, and the clown used the "announcement" of his presidential candidacy the cable MSM Sheeple "new" outlets gave China's'an opportunity to emphasize that he's RICH! - RICH! I tell you! - to all.

He'll name his hair piece (O. Possum) as VP if elected.

Buy some hair, Donald! FFS!

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 14:52 | 6202823 playnstocks
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Says the broke guy to the Billionaire.....

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 21:55 | 6212381 gladius17
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The fact that 11 morons upvoted you, seemingly suffering under the delusion that voting actually changes anything, is really sad and pathetic.

"Just the fact he speaks his mind without parsing or thinking about how every sylablle sounds or will be interpreted before leaving his mouth puts him head and shoulders above everyone of the 2 or 3 million dipstick Presidential candidates we currently have."

And you think this trait is more likely to help him make it into office?

Don't be a "useful idiot."

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:17 | 6202151 Oh regional Indian
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The man's existance is a testement to sleaze.

He reeks sleaze...

Look at your presidential hopefuls and cringe america....

Zero One...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqO8IxnHLUs

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:25 | 6202176 Manthong
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hey...  maybe we can frack the sleaze, refine it export it and counter the Saudi's... yes/no ????

We have more sleaze than any nation on earth.   :-D

 

 

oh.. wait a minute there... I forgot about the U.K.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:26 | 6202195 Oh regional Indian
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I think between Cheese and sleaze and belize, you guys have it covered....

 

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:10 | 6202092 Bay of Pigs
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It is impossible to reason with some of these guys. Trump is an arrogant and spectacular assclown and a Wall St loving tool.

End.Of.Story.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 13:16 | 6202391 Bush Baby
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Exactly , no more pretending.

He loves Wall St , he'll loot and plunder , but at the end of the day if I'm a working man , I'd vote for him.

At least he doesn't appear the type of guy who would sell out the USA to a World Government, quite the opposite.

He's also not the type of guy who gives the milk away for free

Wed, 06/17/2015 - 02:33 | 6204662 mkkby
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I'm waiting for the tidy bowl man to declare.  He seems like he'd be a strong prez riding around the toilet in his little boat.  Ronald McDonald would be his VP.  That's about what this country has come to.

Wed, 06/17/2015 - 02:42 | 6204667 mkkby
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BTW, Trump's business plan has always been as follows.  Get someone to lend him large amount of money.  Loot the fuck out of it.  Stop making payments and declare bankruptcy.

He would do very well in DC, where the business plan is get elected, sell favors, go back to private sector, continue to sell favors and make speeches/write books.

Which type of con man do you like better?

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:12 | 6202121 Titus
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Just to chime in, I thought it was pretty clear:

He (Trump) is as dirty as every politican before him and every politican to come after him.

Obama is a politican that came before him.

Conclusion: Trump is as dirty as Obama.

There are likely nuances that could be discussed until the end of time, but who cares if your alcoholic abusive father can beat my alcoholic abusive father. If you're defending either you deserve the abuse.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:58 | 6202328 HedgeAccordingly
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it is a commment section, and i really do not have time to argue about a comment i wrote while taking a shit from the 75th floor of my building.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 13:37 | 6202498 Titus
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Good for you buddy. Looks like you don't have time to think either.

 

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 14:40 | 6202758 Dixie Rect
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If he is elected, there will be HELL TOUPEE'!

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 15:17 | 6202953 Theosebes Goodfellow
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~"...i do no think the president sucks cock."~

Then you do not know much about the President.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 17:23 | 6203349 raywolf
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better a billionaire president who doesn't need more wealth, than a money grubbing crony ladder climber

Wed, 06/17/2015 - 10:30 | 6205392 Titus
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Billionaire presidents ALWAYS need more wealth, especially paper tiger "billionaires" like Trump.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:38 | 6202249 Bush Baby
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You want change ?

I believe Trump would deliver on that.

 

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 13:19 | 6202437 takeaction
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@Hedge....I appreciate your comment and agree with you.  He would do great things for this country.   I listened to his entire speech and about jumped out of my chair saying "YES".  I can't believe all of the down votes here.  I thought people here would be praising Trump.  Nope.  

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 13:45 | 6202527 Titus
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You could say that about a lot of presidents' speaches PRIOR to getting elected. Post election those speeches are quitely forgotten, piece by piece, while they take their turn ramping up the pounding they are giving your ass.

The down votes aren't about the false red/blue dichotomy, they are there because people a lot of members of fight club understand the whole system is a scam, and no one running for president really wants to change that.

All presidential candidates are the same. They lie. When elected, they are owned by oligarchs and bankers and the defense industry.

NOTHING WILL CHANGE UNTIL IT ALL CHANGES.

 

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 15:03 | 6202882 HughBriss
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Indeed.  If voting changed anything, it would be illegal.  Voting is to us as the colosseum was to the Romans: Theatre.  Nothing more.  Nothing less.

Besides, those that cast votes decide nothing; those that count votes decide everything.

'Murica.  Fuck yeah.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 14:56 | 6202846 playnstocks
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@takeaction ... the smartest people in the world ever comment here.

We could learn a lot from them!!  /sarc   

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 18:47 | 6203629 Titus
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I think you mean: "The smartest people in the world comment here" or "The smartest people to ever have lived comment here."

 

 

 

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 15:39 | 6203023 Theosebes Goodfellow
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~"He would do great things for this country."~

Here's how I see it.

1.) He's the one guy you can bet can't be bought. He's already got more money than 99.999 percent of all other humans.

2.) He truly does love this country.

3.) He's very much a "no BS" type of guy who can and does get shit done.

4.) He's a "America first" type very much in the style of Putin being a "Russia first" type, so he would have no problem telling any other heads of state to take a flying fuck through a rolling donut should the need arise.

5.) He is, (to his detriment I believe), the most colossal narcissist alive, (and the competition is brutal in that department).

6.) Every other candidate save for Fiorina and Carson are government types. Isn't one of the biggest problems government itself? And neither of them have the pockets he has.

Becoming the biggest "Jobs President" and restoring America to wealth and prominence is not a particularly difficult feat. By implementing a national plan to convert America from a gasoline and diesel transportation fuel country to all compressed natural gas one, and all of the attendant jobs it would create to make it happen will lift the USA right out of this crony-capitalist created and socialist-government ensconced depression. To do this and to do the other part of the transformation, (that of cutting government at all levels in half), you need a really big asshat to pull it off, and I think Trump may be that asshat. That said, the man is insufferable showman. 4 years of him? Dear Lord, help us.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 17:10 | 6203296 Alvin Fernald
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1) didn't he go bankrupt at least once?

3) didn't he have a bs tv show? 

vote for Cthulhu 2016

https://www.google.com/search?q=vote+for+cthulhu+2016&hs=C7z&channel=sug...

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 23:09 | 6204368 Abbie Normal
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7.)  He was the only one to call out for BO's real birth certificate....and we're still waiting.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 21:58 | 6212392 gladius17
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"1.) He's the one guy you can bet can't be bought. He's already got more money than 99.999 percent of all other humans."

And you think that makes him likely to be elected?

Voting does not work, asshole. Pull your head out of your asshole.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 21:57 | 6212389 gladius17
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You're right. Our not immediately jumping up and down waving the Red team flag is definitely due to our own stupidity, not yours.

Dear fuckwit: you are the exactly same type of clueless fuck ("useful idiot") who "voted in" Obama last time around.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 14:12 | 6202623 Meat Hammer
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Just another oligarch/puppet. Don't be fooled. By voting for anyone at all you endorse the corporatist system. Abstain!

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:03 | 6202082 Pliskin
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Fraud, Cocaine, underage girls, lieing bitch of a daughter...Hmmm...Mr. Trump, you're hired.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 17:13 | 6203307 Thecomingcollapse
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Don't tell me if you had his money you wouldn't be snorting blow off of amazingly hot bitches!  Be honest now...... 

I'm surprised he is as honest as he is with all that money

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 21:59 | 6212395 gladius17
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"Don't tell me if you had his money you wouldn't be snorting blow off of amazingly hot bitches!  Be honest now...... "

No, I wouldn't.

"I'm surprised he is as honest as he is with all that money."

That's because you're dishonest and immoral. Dishonest and immoral people are always surprised when they see someone who holds a large amount of power, but does not abuse it for selfish gain.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 13:03 | 6202365 Praetorian Guard
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trump may be a financial scum, but i will take that over a political whore any day. he cant be any worse than the pieces of shit we currently have. i would give him a chance!!!   Come join us for free at   www.gunsgrubandgold.com   for all your survival needs, financials, food calculators, and much, much more!!  Everyone is welcome and it is free!!! 

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 13:35 | 6202495 sgt_doom
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Who the eff would mark this wonderful comment down?

Fer crissakes!!!!!!!!!!!

I remember when a reporter was interviewing Trump after he was returning to a meeting with local NYC banksters after declaring bankruptcy (i.e., meaning he was in the hole for over $1 billion) and he pointed out a supposedly homeless panhandler with several dollars in his hat on the ground and said:

"That homeless man has a greater net worth than I do --- I owe over $1 billion while he has several dollars more than I do."

Saying that, Trump got into his chauffeur-driven limousine and bid the reporter good-bye.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:40 | 6201943 KnuckleDragger-X
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I don't like Trump, but the man is no fool, just look at how much is physical real estate......

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:44 | 6201966 HedgeAccordingly
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indeed

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:09 | 6202104 Bay of Pigs
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I guess you forgot when he declared Chapter 11 to unload some of those shitty RE deals?

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:58 | 6202333 disabledvet
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Well least he got the money.

In case anyone was wondering where some of it went.>

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 13:22 | 6202447 takeaction
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AND???????????????     That is how you do it.  Run this country as a buisness.  I really can't believe all of the "Democrat" style attacks.  Wow.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 15:00 | 6202864 Bay of Pigs
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Democrats? WTF are you talking about clown? So you think Trump stiffing his creditors (more than once) is something honest and a decent thing to do? Trump uses loopholes and lawyers to keep his personal money safe and sends others down the river with the losses. Fuck him.

Some of you guys are so stupid, you give stupid a bad name.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 15:04 | 6202889 bbq on whitehou...
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Running a country like a business doesnt work when you can print infinate credit currency. You would need a hard limit on spending. Never going to happen. Taxes dont pay for anything run anything, debt does.
Think what would happen if you slammed a lid on SS payments alone the biggest single expense item on the balance sheet.

Wed, 06/17/2015 - 14:08 | 6206338 free
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Exactly right!  We need to give a big FU to China!

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:46 | 6201983 curbjob
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Right, for a micro-schism of Donalds' America,  look no further than Atlantic City.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:33 | 6202227 Amish FinEng
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Or the daughter and husband.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:58 | 6202063 El Vaquero
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I like Trump about as much as I like Jeb or Hillary or Obama, i.e. they all need to shove cacti up their asses.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 13:43 | 6202519 sgt_doom
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You do realize that he began life with a good deal of inherited wealth, right?

Or are you a fool?

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 15:05 | 6202895 HughBriss
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He didn't build that.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 15:19 | 6202966 overmedicatedun...
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no body is perfect..waiting to see more of his policy..but he hit a lot of important points..Jeb bush would make a good president of mexico.

trump said today: " he would build a wall on the Southern Border and he would get Mexico to pay for it!"

he would get American co's to come back and employ Americans..good ideas that we will never hear from say a clinton.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:11 | 6202122 Bunga Bunga
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but.. probably would still vote for him over Jebber and the like.

Isn't that amazing, that this old propaganda trick still works? You are given the choice between fat, ugly and retarded only to make sure that retarded wins.

 

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 13:47 | 6202531 sgt_doom
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I believe that some of Jeb's attraction to the Ameritard is that his name spelled backwords is . . .

 

BJ

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:32 | 6201881 JustObserving
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Who says crime does not pay in the land of the free? Being that dumb and having that hair is a crime against humanity and good taste.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:36 | 6201887 HedgeAccordingly
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it is what is on the inside *that counts.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:40 | 6201934 Kotzbomber747
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$8,7 billion and all he can afford is an old 757 as corporate jet. He needs a 747 or A380 so that ego and wig collection can travel in the same aircraft as his body.

God help the world with such a charlatan as U.S. president.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:45 | 6201969 HedgeAccordingly
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the jet actually never flies.. sits on the LaGuardia tarmac .. its for sale

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:13 | 6202125 Bunga Bunga
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Even his airplane got fired.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:34 | 6201891 NoDebt
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Why does this guy insist on forcing himself on the public over and over and over again?  He's such an asshole.  With a gun to my head, I'd still take him over Hillary or Jeb.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:43 | 6201960 Dr. Engali
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I'd take the bullet, same outcome.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:47 | 6201986 HedgeAccordingly
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anything over the Libz

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 14:17 | 6202643 Meat Hammer
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Psst....they're all on the same team.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:48 | 6201994 El Vaquero
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Fuck all of'em. 

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 18:04 | 6203492 DriveByLurker
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Moreover, if you listen to him for more than five minutes you get the sense that, deep down in his heart of hearts, he thinks that the Presidency is beneath him.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:33 | 6201894 PrawnStar313
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Bush-Jenner '16
I'm ready to bend over!

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:33 | 6201897 huggy_in_london
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Perfect candidate I reckon... he's had plenty of experience running bankrupt organisations! 

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:37 | 6201920 HedgeAccordingly
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well. the USofA is technically operating with a deficit and is bankrupt

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:34 | 6201902 kowalli
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fuck you

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:40 | 6201939 NoDebt
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Are you speaking to him or his hair?  With The Donald it's important to be specific.  

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:09 | 6202108 kowalli
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Clinton Benghazi Testimony - What does it matter?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny3bOmey-BE

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:34 | 6201905 youngman
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He has more bankruptcies than all the student loan holders......he is just a showman...but he will speak his mind....say things the others cant or will not....

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:38 | 6201928 HedgeAccordingly
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as does O'bama

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:22 | 6202177 graftvshost
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...with HIS mind, he should speak little or not at all.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:36 | 6202238 Divine Wind
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Rare is the successful entrepreneur who does not have failures, some of which are spectacular crash and burn events.

Business ownership is not easy.

Rewarding, yes. Easy, hell no.

If Trump makes it onto a ballot I will vote for him in a heartbeat.

He is the SINGULAR candidate that knows what it is like to start and operate a business.

He knows the challenges of making payroll and the crushing burden of taxes and regulation.

 

You might not like his game, his style or his hair.

But where it really counts, TRUMP will make an excellent President.

 

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 13:26 | 6202465 takeaction
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WOW...I had to read this far to find a comment with balls and reason.  I agree with you 100%.    I went bankrupt at 18 for 1/2 a million.....screwed up.  Taught me a lesson.  You have to fall a few times.  The difference between a loser and success is the successful person got up one more time after being knocked down.  The loser...stays in his rut job and never even tries.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 22:01 | 6212398 gladius17
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'If Trump makes it onto a ballot I will vote for him in a heartbeat."

....like the "useful idiot" you are.

 

Voting does not work, simpleton.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:35 | 6201912 Dien Bien Poo
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I really believe the value of these assets. I call utter BULLSHIT.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:52 | 6202008 Rainman
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... don't forget the liabilities bullshit either.

   On a happier note, Kirk Kerkorian finally dropped dead.

              http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-16/kirk-kerkorian-billionaire-from-hotels-cars-films-dies-at-98

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:37 | 6201917 rejected
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Corporate Oligarch 1

Corporate Oligarch 2

Ad Naseum,,, Hell, what does it matter anymore? Not a statesman in the lot.

Just vote for the lesser of evils...

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:38 | 6201924 aliki
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when does the burger king declare?

doesnt talk & is creepy as hell. at least he has 1 out of 2 qualities the others have.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:20 | 6202166 graftvshost
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...and a more natural-looking face than Carly Fiorina.  I'm writing him in.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:38 | 6201926 antiximik_RU
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Immovable object met unstoppable force.
To be continued... 

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:38 | 6201927 firstdivision
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Can we see his 2014 tax filing?

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:39 | 6201936 Whoa Dammit
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I like him much better than the Hilly Bush candidates.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:40 | 6201940 Quinvarius
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This is the kind of crap they say when they need collateral for a loan to avoid bankruptcy.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:40 | 6201942 Dr. Engali
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This country is such a fucking joke. I quit voting long ago, but I swear I'm writing in Pedro this year.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:57 | 6202058 funthea
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"What possible difference does it make now!"

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 14:44 | 6202775 Almost Solvent
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I vote simply for the local elections. 

 

I write in Mickey Mouse for all statewide and national elections. 

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:42 | 6201953 Yen Cross
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  Good grief, $ 3.3 billion in branded and licensing deals. The guy is the P.T. Barnum of real estate.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:44 | 6201964 Apocalicious
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GOP is trotting out some real contenders. Good call, kicking Mittens out. I'm sure undecided and middle-roaders will certainly pivot to these other goobers instead of Billary. 

 

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

 

Or burn the whole motherfucker down. 

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:45 | 6201977 RagnarDanneskjold
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ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!?

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:47 | 6201987 Bill of Rights
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Breaking! : Trump Identifies as a Hispanic

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:47 | 6201988 fiftybagger
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If you can't see that this doosh is illuminutti.....

Nevermind

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:48 | 6201998 Laddie
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Jeff Sessions would be a fine candidate but The Donald would clearly be the best of the current field.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 22:01 | 6212402 gladius17
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As an Alabama native, fuck Jeff Sessions, and fuck you for thinking that voting changes anything.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:48 | 6201999 MEFOBILLS
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Donald has zero net worth, actually negative net worth…he’s in hock to the banks, according to his wife's statement below.  I will continue to drill home to ZH readers that bank credit as money is an undesirable system, especially if credit fire-hose is aimed at real estate.

 

Donald Trump,  rent-seeking gains (theft) via control fraud.  Unearned income is untaxed, this shifts the burden onto laboring middle class.

 

Michael: Because the wealthy become celebrities. In America, the most widely admired people are people like Donald Trump or the rich Wall Street bankers that have made their money basically through what my colleague Bill Black calls “control fraud”. They admire people who are rich, no matter how they get their richness, and basically they imagine that somehow they could get rich in the same way if only they’re obedient enough and follow the system. It’s unrealistic, but that’s psychology.

Karl: Michael, just to finish off then, you must have a few stories on Donald Trump and the incredible unearned income he’s benefited from. Is there one play that defines his ride to uber-wealthdom through unearned income?

Michael: Well, as one friend of mine at the NYU real estate department said, when Trump buys a building and puts his name on it, just putting his name on it adds 10% to the building’s value. Somehow, so many people want to identify with him personally because he’s rich that just putting his name on, without earning money, will add to the value of the building. And in terms of earning money, his former wife wrote about ten years ago that they were walking down the street and they passed a homeless guy sitting begging for quarters. And Donald said “You know, that man is as rich as I am” and the wife said “You mean, he’s a billionaire?” and Donald said “No, he has at least a zero net worth. I have a negative net worth, I’m so much in hock to the banks”.

Well, what Trump did was, he simply didn’t pay the banks. And the banks are so desperate for real estate people to come in, borrow the money and manage the properties to make enough interest to pay them, that they let him scale back the money to the banks. He did the same thing with his gambling casinos in Atlantic City and managed to avoid paying. So you have Trump, who made his money by extreme debt leverage, by having negative net worth at various times in his life, somehow coming out on top thanks to the fact that the Federal Reserve under Alan Greenspan was flooding the economy with enough money to inflate the price of his property above water and to create a Rentier class rich enough to buy property in his buildings and pay him the price that he was asking for.

 

 

http://michael-hudson.com/2014/04/pikettys-wealth-gap-wake-up/

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:55 | 6202037 HedgeAccordingly
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he foresaw opportunity with rising hard real asset prices. leveraged his bets.. came out on top.. she said it herself.. obama has not done shit but write books and sell a false dream of hope and change.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:15 | 6202140 Bay of Pigs
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I guess you can't read and comprehend what he just said above you?

You really are a hopeless douchebag.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 22:26 | 6212443 gladius17
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Donald Trump has created more value that you ever will dream of in a lifetime.

Obviously, the clueless fuckwit who wrote "what he just said above" does not understand Trump's business model, so is it any wonder that the like-minded fuckwit who simply copied and pasted it has nothing further of note to add to the conversation? I can assure you, nobody is in the least bit surprised to see a smart-ass like you putting in your two cents....which is actually worth nothing.

Donald Trump is not perfect, and he certainly has some flaws in my view, but there is a reason his name is gold in NYC. In a world of shoddy, half-assed workmanship and sleazy fucks, everything he touches is of the highest quality.  That's why he can simply put his name on something and appreciate the value 10%.  He doesn't get that benefit for free. That's a result of years of working his ass off to keep his name good.

Yes, he had to borrow money to build skyscrapers. They are expensive and risky developments. If you don't like that, then simply keep your own chump change out of the banking system, and put it to whatever other worthless purposes you serve in your own life. Then you will have no reason to worry about what other people do with their money.

Donald Trump wrote numerous books on how to get rich, and how to stay rich, which are full of value. I will never forget laying on my couch in my mobile home in bumfuck AL, reading what he wrote about owning a yacht. He said the second best day in a man's life is when he buys a yacht; the first is when he sells it. That really stuck with me, and opened my eyes into a world I could have only dreamed of.

His show The Apprentice was a damn good show, for the first 7-9 seasons at least. Almost a DECADE of knowledge about leadership and business ownership dropped on everybody's heads....and only a few folks in the world bothered to download and watch every episode and absorb the knowledge. The rest of the world already knew everything, and decided to instead spend their precious time judging and hating.

Donald Trump will not win the Presidency for the simple reason that he knows next to nothing about "the big picture" of what's going on in the world and who really pulls the strings, and because he is not bought out by those people. Yes, he is a little too arrogant, but I can't blame the man for being what he is with the situation he grew up in and the big shoes he has to fill.

Bottom line is the man is a successful businessman who has weathered more storms, waded through more bullshit, and fought and persevered through battles that would break you in half, and came out the other side a success and household name. Nothing you can say or do will change that. So eat shit.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 15:17 | 6202956 HughBriss
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Why must you continue to embrace the false left/right paradigm...?

The same fucking people control both fucking parties.  It really is that simple.  There IS NO CHOICE; merely the ILLUSION of choice.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 14:28 | 6202341 golden raccoon
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With so many of his current "assets" listed as "net of debt", I suggest he is carrying far more debt currently than he wishes the public to know about, and that much of his net worth would vaporize in an environment of positive real interest rates.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:52 | 6202015 aztrader
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He has one point that matters and that is that he will use his own money to run his campaign.  Everyone one of the other candidates have either sold us out or will when elected..........

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:52 | 6202021 bankonzhongguo
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Why this clown gets press is beyond me.

Trump is a closet democrat. How else could one survive the New York real estate business?

He is "in real estate" isn't he?

A red tie, weird hair and a loud mouth only makes you sideshow - like the Kardashians.

The guy can't even run a profitable casino without shit-canning his vendors year after year.

Interesting gene pool.

I like his kids though - Doofy and Transylvania Trump.

 

 

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:55 | 6202041 bbq on whitehou...
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Its going to be a great show, Hillary will have a meltdown and cry, Trump will trip all over his ego, all the while Jeb looks and acts as dazed and confused as his brother ever did. What a show it will be.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 11:57 | 6202053 Quinvarius
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Trump will be the greatest self identifying transgendered female black president ever.  That 1% of the vote is a lock, if he plays his cards right.  And they will be super noisy about it too!

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:02 | 6202077 Feel it Reel it
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Say what you want about Trump...He said everything you and I are thinking and want to say... and then some..Trump has the platform to put all the Politicians on the spot....He's not a Lawyer...He's not a Politician and he went after both corrupt parties....I'm willing to give him a chance and let's see how the debates go...

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:15 | 6202135 clade7
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Right you are!..Trump and Wynn...for the win..!.

 

No really, Trump understands the value of free advertising, kudos there..he'll drop out when it gets serious money like normal...or somebody pays him..gotta love it though, simplistically brilliant free marketing supplied by the MSM that the bankers/investors Trump needs gobble up like applebutter...

 

I appreciate his strategy, but as an elder, am dismayed as a guy who dont like to see retards get robbed at a carney ring toss...sure its funny once...I guess it plays though, plenty of retards happy to try, and they seem to enjoy themselves, so OK..

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:10 | 6202109 farflungstar
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I think Trump is a regional flavor. Comes off like a super-smug NYC asshole, and his nasal foghorn of a voice makes one want to instantly cover their ears or change the channel. And don't forget the monstrous ego.

Let's see him even become mayor of ANY town in NY-NJ first - or governor? But President? Nah.

 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 22:34 | 6212500 gladius17
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As an Alabama native (also of Scot-German descent), I think he's great. A touch too arrogant, agreed, but I also get the same complaint. At least he has a few billions dollars to show for it.

He won't be President becaue he's not part of that club, and not a puppet by nature. But the debates ought to be interesting.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:21 | 6202170 Dr. Engali
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On second thought I'm supporting Trump. He has a lot of experience with defaulting on debt, just what this country needs.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:21 | 6202173 lester1
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Trump has my vote!!

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:23 | 6202184 cookies anyone
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Jenner/Dolezal 2016

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:27 | 6202198 WTFUD
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The USSofA Presidential Fiasco is like watching the Big Brother Reality Show.

Surely with 150 million to choose from there must ONE individual not Corrupted, has a modicum of Pride & Dignity and can carry himself on the World Stage in a Statesman like manner.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:34 | 6202231 Caleb Abell
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Sadly, there's not.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:29 | 6202210 wildbad
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well real estates and miss america pageants..he's got that going for him.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:34 | 6202219 richiebaby
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Donald Trump has just announced that his running mate for President will be his Hair

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:32 | 6202224 Caleb Abell
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"He's back... and, according to his accountant, he's worth $8.737 billion."

 

I'm sure his accountant did say that.  Please bear in mind that there are accountants in Hollywood that can prove to you that Star Wars lost money.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:34 | 6202230 Atomizer
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Thank you Donald Trump. You have Mrs Atomizer's and my vote in South Carolina. 

Don't waste your time in Columbia, SC. First travel to Charleston, SC. You can visit the Boeing plant, amongst other manufacturing facilities. Great food, beautiful historic atmosphere, and ocean views. A lot of northerners here, who escaped the liberal decay of destroying mid-west and eastern states. 

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:36 | 6202240 PhiBetaZappa
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8.7B - he must still be using Bernie Madoff as his accountant.

 

Good to see "The Donald" on board before the presidential clown car completely filled up.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:48 | 6202280 Atomizer
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Your right, the 2.5 billion under the Clinton Foundation foreign donations represent their true net value. We are still sifting through the IRS paperwork on inconsistencies with their tax paper mysteries. Hillarys emails are a gold mine. 

:)

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:39 | 6202252 nakki
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Another guy that was connected because of his father, government contracts and being in the right place at a time. The FED created trillions of dollars out of nothing and New York is the where most of that money ended up. 

If anyone was a self made man it was his father. 

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:44 | 6202269 Joebloinvestor
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I want a candidate who will make it a priority to clean up or dismantel the IRS first.

Then the SEC & EPA.

 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 22:36 | 6212506 gladius17
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"I want a candidate who will make it a priority to clean up or dismantel the IRS first."

Right, cause that's a realistic expectation.

At this point if you got a candidate who could tie hie own shoes, doesn't play golf so often, and isn't a closeted faggot, it'd be a large step up.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:52 | 6202302 S5936
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Consider this from a purely entertainment point of view.
How about a Trump - Hitlery debate. The mud they could sling.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 22:37 | 6212509 gladius17
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Voting doesn't change shit, but I'd pay to see that.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:54 | 6202312 Two Theives and...
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I want to see a Willie Nelson/ Jesse Ventura ticket....

Now THAT's change I can believe in!

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 12:54 | 6202315 LawsofPhysics
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LOL!!!  Better spend some of the wealth Mr. "Jobs Creator"...

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 13:00 | 6202347 Laddie
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Trump mentioned TRADE, he mentioned the BORDER, unlike Rand Paul. He isn't perfect but look at the alternatives, typical "Conservative Inc." like the Bushes and Karl Rove.

And of course the MSM almost NEVER mentions this issue, which has caused Demonrats to capture otherwise Republican congressional districts, not that that makes a huge difference but STILL:

Illegal Aliens Have More Incentive Than Ever to Vote in U.S. Elections

New benefits for illegals may make it worth the risk to illegally vote Democrat.

Speaking to a black college audience in Texas last week, Hillary Clinton goaded Republicans while announcing her plans for expanding voting law:

[Republicans are] systematically and deliberately trying to stop millions of American citizens from voting. … What part of democracy are they afraid of?

Hillary’s already made clear that her idea of democracy includes giving mass amnesty to millions of left-leaning illegal aliens. This, along with the federal government’s refusal to implement sensible proof-of-citizenship requirements for voter registration (which will continue if Hillary takes the White House), will keep elections in many key states forever vulnerable to illegitimate Democratic victories.

Republicans are afraid that America’s non-citizen population is the largest it has ever been, and that most of the newcomers fundamentally disagree with traditional American principles of states’ rights, civil liberties, and ordered freedom.

Republicans are also afraid that we have a record-high — and rising — illegal alien population, and that given their treatment of our immigration laws, there’s little chance they’ll respect our voting laws. That they also now have greater ability and more incentive to vote illegally also makes Republicans rightly afraid.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 13:07 | 6202384 Calculus99
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I'd love to see his hair when he gets out of bed the morning after a big drinking/party session. 

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 13:08 | 6202389 VWAndy
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Yank! They dont call it silly season for nothing. This guy is living proof cream aint the only thing that rises to the top. Shit floats too.

 There are pleanty of people with integrity in this country. Not one of them will be getting a shot at getting elected POTUS.

 That said. We should prove it to everyone by running a real honest person.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 17:25 | 6203359 Alvin Fernald
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The proof happened in 2012.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 13:15 | 6202416 PiratePiggy
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just positioning for Eric Trump for President in 2036

;)

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 13:22 | 6202448 kahunabear
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As bad as he is, bombastic, hyperbolic, egotistical, etc., he is 1000 times better than Bush/Clinton.

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 13:25 | 6202461 VWAndy
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If you multiply by 0 ?

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 13:43 | 6202518 Never_Put_Down
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The only reason you would want to accumulate a net worth of $8.7 billion is to run for President

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 13:56 | 6202570 Anunnaki
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How many times has declared bankruptcy? No way he is worth 1 billion much les $8.7 b

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 14:03 | 6202592 Keynesians say ...
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Is Trumps hair the 8th wonder of the world? Better than Hasselhoff in Baywatch

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 14:18 | 6202644 The Axe
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How can anyone who follows Tyler ( must be bright) ever think for one moment that Donald (clown) Trump is not the worse person on planet Earth. And really half his NET worth is the value of his name (4 billion dollars) that says it ALl!

Tue, 06/16/2015 - 14:26 | 6202659 Chad_the_short_...
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When I heard the news about Trump running, I was curious to see the comments on here. Looks like everyone on here is already determined that the US is already dead and gone with no fight left, EVER. When I first think of Trump, I see a business man who is pro American, anti foreign, politically INCORRECT, arrogant, confident and a guy who will stand up and fight..... has a temper. Do you remember when he was calling rosie o'donnell a fat disgusting pig all over the tv??? lol that was hilarious. As of right now, he's not a DC prostitue, doesn't mean he won't turn into one but facts are he's not right now. MAJOR PLUS. My feeling is that he would be one of the VERY FEW white males left in the world that would get pissed at the jewish lobbyists and the media, and possibly stand up to them. Do you guys remember his mansion in South Beach where his huge American flag was "offending" people and had to take it down? Well, guess who it offended? Yep, JEWS. So he's already fought with them before. The only thing that's gonna change this country is to have someone with confidence, money, power, arrogance.... that will step up to these zionist fucks who are purposely destroying our country. Trump has always come to mind as someone I always wondered if he'll ever stand up and at least say something. The dude has a very hot head. I'd love to see him tell the whole world that the jews run everything in the country and are purposely destroying everything while building israel. And he's very pro American, very anti liberal, very sick of our open border policy and he's got that fire, heated temper. I would give him a try over hillary or jeb anyday. There's no proof that Trump is a prostitue who would serve the zionists. Every other politician, there is proof that they are though. GO TRUMP!!!!

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 22:38 | 6212513 gladius17
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Voting doesn't change shit. Get a clue, asswipe.

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