Trump throws a debate and nobody comes.

[Nitro Express]

Trump running as an indie would give it to Obama.

He's not going to run. It's all publicity. The man is absolutely shameless. He's addicted to attention.

[Seshmeister]

I find it infuriating that Trump is so successful marketing himself as a brilliant businessman when he inherited a few hundred million and still managed to go bankrupt more than once while creating nothing of worth just property speculating.

He's a ego maniacal fucking idiot.

[DONNIEP]

I find it infuriating that Trump is so successful marketing himself as a brilliant businessman when he inherited a few hundred million and still managed to go bankrupt more than once while creating nothing of worth just property speculating.

He's a ego maniacal fucking idiot.

Too true. But wouldn't the White House look good all pimped out, Trump style?

[Nitro Express]

I find it infuriating that Trump is so successful marketing himself as a brilliant businessman when he inherited a few hundred million and still managed to go bankrupt more than once while creating nothing of worth just property speculating.

He's a ego maniacal fucking idiot.

What he was good at was getting himself into so much debt the banks couldn't afford to foreclose on him. What he has been really good at is building the TRUMP name into a brand that people are willing to pay for. The Apprentice just made his name international and he's franchising it worldwide now. Of course you have to maintain the quality when you do that or the gig is up.

Basically he's doing what the Marriott family did but on a smaller scale keeping his business private.

[Nitro Express]

We got some Trump steaks as a Christmas gift. I haven't cooked them yet. The packaging is totally gold guilded Trump. I laughed when I saw the box.

[DONNIEP]

I'd rather have some Billy Beer!!!

[Seshmeister]

What he was good at was getting himself into so much debt the banks couldn't afford to foreclose on him. What he has been really good at is building the TRUMP name into a brand that people are willing to pay for. The Apprentice just made his name international and he's franchising it worldwide now. Of course you have to maintain the quality when you do that or the gig is up.

It's that old maxim, owe the bank 100k and you are in trouble, owe the bank 100 million and the bank is in trouble.

In the UK The Apprentice franchise has a guy called Alan Sugar doing it. He's a bit of a fucking idiot too but at least he's self made.

[Nitro Express]

I'd rather have some Billy Beer!!!

My accountant collects beer from all over the world. One of his prized items is an unopened can of Billy Beer. Can you imagine the skunk that resides in that can if it ever were opened?

[DONNIEP]

My accountant collects beer from all over the world. One of his prized items is an unopened can of Billy Beer. Can you imagine the skunk that resides in that can if it ever were opened?

Billy Beer proves to me that the CIA had nothing to do with the JFK assassination...If they could have pulled that off I'm cuntvinced Jimmy would have pulled the trigger on Billy.

[Nitro Express]

It's that old maxim, owe the bank 100k and you are in trouble, owe the bank 100 million and the bank is in trouble.

In the UK The Apprentice franchise has a guy called Alan Sugar doing it. He's a bit of a fucking idiot too but at least he's self made.

I think Bill Maher has the best assessment of Donald Trump.

http://youtu.be/irA5xvk9m_o

Look. A guy like Trump isn't going to go into politics because it would ruin his lifestyle. Business is about finding the bigger sucker. You buy something and then find someone to sell it to at a higher price. I mean nature provides resources and then human beings turn those resources into an economy and then a minority ends up owning most of the economy. It's usually people who understand the system and work hard. You can make everyone equal but it will be the same families who acquire the wealth again and human beings being what they are, tend to take advantage of that position.

So you set up a constitution that makes the point all men are created equal under the law and set some laws up that attempt to level the playing field to make it fair. Business is not about being fair. It's about acquiring. So the public servants job is to work within a constitutional context of keeping the game fair. It's ok to be successful but there is a limit to what you can do to others. In other words the political system is there in theory to keep the 1% from controlling everything.

What has failed is the government. Not business. The elected officials got rid of all the finance reforms of the 1930's and now we are in another depression because of it. The public were so obsessed with getting rich quick in the new bubble economy that they failed to care that the politicians stopped regulating and jumped into the sack with the business interests and created a fascist bastard.

The 1% control most the politicians now so there is no regulation. In theory the constitutional system was set up so the 99% would control the government and that would keep the 1% in check. But of course things like easy credit, flipping housing, get rich quick in the .com market distracted the voters.

[Nitro Express]

Again Bill pretty much nails what Trump is at the end of this interview.