Back to Donald Trump, I have seen him asked about his multiple bankruptcies in interviews and he is always slippery enough to talk around the issue without ever addressing this relevant question, but all the while never letting you forget that he has always made money in his dealings. He is a showman, like P.T. Barnum.
I am not taken in by his bravado. He is good at making money at the expense of those in business with him. Good for his bank account, bad for his partners, and very bad for this country.
Some of my family members worked for a company where a new owner squeezed everything they could out of the company and then closed it down, putting hundreds of people out of jobs that they had held for decades. It seems like Trump is the same type of business person. He makes money, while he leaves other investors, subcontractors, employees, etc. holding the bag.
Like so many others in the news these days, the actual facts about the guy and the actual facts about his dealings are ignored- in favor of a more intriguing fake, embellished story and false aura created around the guy.
I question the judgement of anyone who would want to put our country in the hands of someone who clearly always looks out for #1, and #1 (as Frank Zappa would remind us) "ain't you!"
I wish people would stop being drawn to candidates who they would like to have a beer with or would want to watch on some lame "reality"/competition show. I want a statesman to vote for, not a lame third rate semi-celebrity (Sorry, Donald, but IMO, for all your fame, you rank only as a semi-celebrity).
I am sure that a "The Situation/Snooki" ticket would garner more votes than I would like to think about.