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  • ObiWanShinobi (edited 8 years ago)
    +10

    Trump also released his net worth, which was revealed to be $8.7billion as he told the audience 'I'm really rich'

    Yeah, you've also been really bankrupt... How many times?

    Holy shit:

    'It is way past time to build a massive wall to secure our southern border - and nobody can build a bigger and better wall than Donald Trump,' said Trump... He went on to say; 'I would build a great wall...very inexpensive ... on our southern border and I will have Mexico pay for that wall.'

    • spaceghoti
      +9

      He himself? Never.

      His businesses? Four times.

      • ObiWanShinobi (edited 8 years ago)
        +9

        What does that say about him as a person? That he chooses bad CEOs for his business? Still doesn't inspire much confidence in me.

        It feels weird for him to brag about his money. Like, he's just whipping it out there to be like, "Look, America, look what the American Dream did for me!" When really, he was the son of a wealthy real-estate developer, who gave him his company, which he turned into the Trump Organization.

        • spaceghoti
          +10

          It allows him to promote a false narrative by not telling the whole truth. He's rich, worth over $8 billion. But when it comes to business investment he fails spectacularly. His primary genius is in keeping his personal and professional money strictly separate, using corporate law to buffer himself against catastrophic failure. But he wants to use his status as a member of our nation's financial elite as justification for why we should trust him with the governance of our nation's interests.

          • ObiWanShinobi
            +10

            Thank you for confirming yet another reason why I don't like this guy. He's the exact sort of person they should be taxing more.

            • drunkenninja
              +5

              Yep, but he is the poster child for capitalism, the best system in the world! /sarcasm

            • Gozzin
              +3

              Same here.

    • picklefingers
      +5

      'It is way past time to build a massive wall to secure our southern border - and nobody can build a bigger and better wall than Donald Trump,' said Trump... He went on to say; 'I would build a great wall...very inexpensive ... on our southern border and I will have Mexico pay for that wall.'

      Sounds like a shitty villain from a Saturday morning cartoon.