• redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    Nah dude he famously was bankrupted again like 2 or 3 times. The guy fucked up running a casino so bad money laundering couldn’t fix it… 2 - 3 times

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      Nah dude he famously was bankrupted again like 2 or 3 times.

      When you’ve got an unlimited line of credit, bankruptcy is just a way to discharge old debts.

      There’s a story his daughter likes to tell of Trump and Ivanka driving through Manhattan in a limosine on the way to a luxury gala. Trump points out the window to a starving homeless man and says “He’s $800M richer than I am”, then rolls up the window and drives on.

      That’s what bankruptcy means to a billionaire. It’s got nothing to do with material conditions. Just a way of keeping score.

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        14 hours ago

        Those businesses died and lost him money. If not for the licensing and the apprentice he’d be as broke as Mike Lyndel. And the bribes