Trump cheats at golf - the ONE and ONLY politics thread

The Empire Strikes Back lost a shit-ton of money too, if you ask the accountants.

It's weird that this sort of hit (similar to the "betting on the housing market to tank" attacks) seems to hurt him, but it does. Live by people's weird emotional reactions, die by people's weird emotional reactions, I guess.

 

Well put. That is what I have been getting it. Whether or not it should hurt him, it will. The question is how much.

 

My point about not caring about your response is not my attitude but how I assume the average undecided voter would feel. The self proclaimed great businessman lost 1,000,000,000 in the gaming industry. Gamblers lose money nearly every time they go to a casino yet this stooge runs his casino's into the ground. But wait, there is more...when the average person loses money gambling they are shit out of luck. But Trump doesn't have to pay taxes for the next 18 years. Do you not think this looks bad?

 

It's an epic financial loss for a guy who positions himself as a financial winner. Ordinary people can't fathom losing close to a billion dollars. They're going to reasonably wonder about the business acumen he applied in getting into that predicament.

 

If this was truly nothing for him to be embarrassed about, if it really made him "smart" or "a genius", Trump wouldn't have fought tooth and nail trying to keep his tax returns secret.

 

This is obvious to anyone without their lips wrapped around Trump's tiny Penis. I am sure this can be explained away to some degree but perception is reality.

 

I'm skeptical. People know markets go up and down, especially in high stakes real estate. Hell, he wrote a book called "The Art of the Comeback." This doesn't seem like a big scoop to me or really revelatory. It's interesting. That's about it.

 

He wrote a book about being a billion dollars in debt, and coming all the way back.

 

See post immediately previous.

 

You can write off gambling losses against gambling winnings.

 

Maybe he just felt badly about his brand in 95. Didn't he say that's how he measures his net worth?

 

In addition to calling in question his business acumen, it highlights the tax vehicles he takes advantage of that aren't available to The 99 Percent.

Also, it is particularly entertaining on this occasion to play what-if regarding YF's reaction to any Democrat losing a billion dollars in a year, and then leveraging that loss into a zero tax bill for two decades, all while criticizing political opponents who don't pay enough taxes AND being the only candidate in the last 40 years who doesn't willingly make the information public.