In the beginning, those who were fooled into voting for the Draft Dodger boasted that their guy was a Business Man. Remember? That's what Washington needs. Someone who can run this country like a business. Many people, who really know, believe that this rich kid would be far wealthier today if he had merely put his inheritance from his father in the bank; managing it on his own has not yielded what simple compounded interest would. Then there are his business' multiple bankruptcies. And there’s the rather astounding trail of litigation that has followed him, his forte being not wealth creation but Conflict. And there is, of course, the nature of his business too — not business but Show Business. He has not really sold real estate, rather he has just sold his name on real estate. He was not a developer, he is a promoter, hence quite a charlatan in the view of many who actually develop and finance buildings. We are paying the price now.
All of the worst traits that are ascribed to classic businessmen and to the general image of Wall Street :
dishonesty, lack of transparency, exploitation of the working man, making aggressive use of loopholes in the system, not creating real value just churning money — pertain directly to tRump.
tRumps use of the word “businessman” is with a Wink. It’s like when a drug dealer says he’s a businessman. This “businessman” is a rogue, a gifted cheater. He’s screwing the system. This is tRumps version of the American dream.
It is confounding to many people who actually know businessmen or, perhaps, who even regularly read a business publication, that so many voters were willing to believe he was one. Indeed, the really confounding thing here is not that tRump lies, it’s that people believe him.
All of the worst traits that are ascribed to classic businessmen and to the general image of Wall Street :
dishonesty, lack of transparency, exploitation of the working man, making aggressive use of loopholes in the system, not creating real value just churning money — pertain directly to tRump.
tRumps use of the word “businessman” is with a Wink. It’s like when a drug dealer says he’s a businessman. This “businessman” is a rogue, a gifted cheater. He’s screwing the system. This is tRumps version of the American dream.
It is confounding to many people who actually know businessmen or, perhaps, who even regularly read a business publication, that so many voters were willing to believe he was one. Indeed, the really confounding thing here is not that tRump lies, it’s that people believe him.
