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I am loving on the Donald... Can a man who built a multi-billion dollar business empire-who can run board rooms full of stock holders by making shrewd and insightful decisions- be the next president?


Donald Trump Plans Trip to Iowa for Republican Party Fundraiser


Real estate developer Donald Trump, a potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate, will speak at a June 10 fundraising dinner in Iowa, traditionally the first step in the nomination process.

Trump, 64, will appear at the annual Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines, marking his first potential campaign trip to the state, Matt Strawn, the Republican state party chairman, said in a statement today.

“We are excited to have Mr. Trump share his vision for a better America through his experiences as an individual who has made a career as an entrepreneur and job creator,” Strawn said.

The Iowa caucuses are tentatively scheduled for Feb. 6, 2012.

Other Republicans considering a challenge to President Barack Obama’s re-election bid have already been traveling to Iowa and other early voting states such as New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.

Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, 50, announced March 21 that he is forming a committee to explore a bid, becoming the first major prospective candidate to do so. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, 67, said March 3 he was creating a website to explore a run.

Four years ago, when no incumbent was in the presidential contest, a total of 17 Republicans and Democrats had signaled their candidacies or set up exploratory committees by the end of January 2007, including Obama and then-Senator Hillary Clinton of New York, who now serves as secretary of state.

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http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/BNCOPY-BNSTAFF-BNTEAMS-CH/2011/03/23/id/390450
 
When it comes to business he is a guru at marketing himself. Very few do it as well. We'll see how that translates into politics.
 
Trump may not become President, but Romney, Huckabee, Gingrich and other GOPers can learn from him

BY S.E. CUPP
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Wednesday, March 23, 2011

If Donald Trump isn't running for President, he sure is performing one hell of a sales pitch. And while it's not convincing me that he's suited for the Oval Office, it has at least produced a begrudging appreciation for some of the man's finer qualities. Yes, he has them. And yes, the other 2012 contenders, a pretty lackluster bunch, should take some notes.

You don't need to copy the haircut, but there's plenty you can learn from Donald Trump.

In the past few months, he's been telling anyone who will listen about his vision for the country. Borrowing somewhat from the left, he wants America to be "respected again" by other countries - not just feared. On the other hand, he's both pro-life and pro-gun. He thinks that China is laughing at us and he once "screwed" Moammar Khadafy. He's even weighing in on the viability of certain other Republican candidates. (Sorry, Ron Paul: He's not a fan.)

It's been a colorful show - as New Yorkers know better than most, The Donald is bold, brash and larger than life. And the prospect of a 2012 "Trump card" have many in the media quite literally salivating, this pundit included.
Just imagine it: Fund-raisers (as if!) at Mar-a-Lago; Melania and Barron popping up in Iowa in designer outfits; campaign slogans like, "You're fired, Barack Obama!" and "We don't need an apprentice, we need a leader." What fun! And if conventional wisdom prevails and Roger Stone - that "professional lord of mischief," as The Weekly Standard called him - has a hand in Trump's campaign, it will be one for the books, Baby.
 
cawacko said:
When it comes to business he is a guru at marketing himself. Very few do it as well. We'll see how that translates into politics.
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No one does it better, imo. He's a great businessman, but the secret to his mega-success is how well he promotes, imo. Everything is the best, the biggest, the most extraordinary - and he has a way of really making you believe that, because he believes it.

As a Prez candidate, he'd be very interesting, but a total loose cannon - he wouldn't allow himself to be handled in any way....
 
Onceler said:
No one does it better, imo. He's a great businessman, but the secret to his mega-success is how well he promotes, imo. Everything is the best, the biggest, the most extraordinary - and he has a way of really making you believe that, because he believes it.

As a Prez candidate, he'd be very interesting, but a total loose cannon - he wouldn't allow himself to be handled in any way....
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To see him on stage with five or ten other trained politicians could be quite a scene. Like you said though I could easily see him say something off the cuff that gets him in trouble. He would definitely ad some entertainment to the primary season if he decides to run.
 
cawacko said:
When it comes to business he is a guru at marketing himself. Very few do it as well. We'll see how that translates into politics.
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Even when I have wanted to not like him...I just can't help myself. He's a shrewd smart man. I am sick of the carreer politician-
 
cawacko said:
When it comes to business he is a guru at marketing himself. Very few do it as well. We'll see how that translates into politics.
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He's a showman, like P. T. Barnum. Four bankruptcy filings in 20 years doesn't inspire confidence in me.

" In 1991, unable to pay a $3.5 billion loan, he declared business bankruptcy. He also came close to filing personal ruin. At the time, his personal debt was estimated to be around $900 million. Due to the bankruptcy, banks and bondholders lost millions. They came to a compromise with Donald Trump. The banks gave him lower interest rates and a longer time frame to repay the debt and Donald Trump gave the investors half the ownership of the Taj Mahal. In mere months the casino was back in business.

Not even a year later, Trump Plaza Hotel folded and Donald had to declare bankruptcy. Again, he worked out a deal where he’d give up 49 percent of the hotel to Citibank and the other lenders and he’d get more time to pay the loan back. It took him two years to repay most of his debt with many sacrifices. He had to give up the Trump Shuttle.

The bankruptcy saga didn’t stop there. In 2004, Donald filed for bankruptcy protection and restructured his debt. He reduced his ownership of Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts to 27 percent and gave bondholders stocks to help lower his debt and then stepped down as CEO. In 2005, things settled down and Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts came out of bankruptcy with a new name, Trump Entertainment Resort Holdings.

Unfortunately the reemergence didn’t last long. On February 17th 2009, Donald Trump filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with a debt ratio of $50 million in assets to his $500 million in debt. This filing made the third bankruptcy for Trump Enterprises."

http://www.mademan.com/mm/how-many-times-has-donald-trump-filed-bankruptcy.html
 
christiefan915 said:
He's a showman, like P. T. Barnum. Four bankruptcy filings in 20 years doesn't inspire confidence in me.

" In 1991, unable to pay a $3.5 billion loan, he declared business bankruptcy. He also came close to filing personal ruin. At the time, his personal debt was estimated to be around $900 million. Due to the bankruptcy, banks and bondholders lost millions. They came to a compromise with Donald Trump. The banks gave him lower interest rates and a longer time frame to repay the debt and Donald Trump gave the investors half the ownership of the Taj Mahal. In mere months the casino was back in business.

Not even a year later, Trump Plaza Hotel folded and Donald had to declare bankruptcy. Again, he worked out a deal where he’d give up 49 percent of the hotel to Citibank and the other lenders and he’d get more time to pay the loan back. It took him two years to repay most of his debt with many sacrifices. He had to give up the Trump Shuttle.

The bankruptcy saga didn’t stop there. In 2004, Donald filed for bankruptcy protection and restructured his debt. He reduced his ownership of Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts to 27 percent and gave bondholders stocks to help lower his debt and then stepped down as CEO. In 2005, things settled down and Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts came out of bankruptcy with a new name, Trump Entertainment Resort Holdings.

Unfortunately the reemergence didn’t last long. On February 17th 2009, Donald Trump filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with a debt ratio of $50 million in assets to his $500 million in debt. This filing made the third bankruptcy for Trump Enterprises."

http://www.mademan.com/mm/how-many-times-has-donald-trump-filed-bankruptcy.html
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He is a real estate developer. Very few long term (even successful one's like Trump) developers have gone through all the cycles without losing most everything at some point. It is the nature of the business. Whether is was the early '80's or early '90's or 2008 and beyond no developers made it through all those untouched. I've worked with big time developers and they all have their war stories. In the real estate business being a developer is a "glamorous" position but it has the most peaks and valleys. Many a developer have made and lost a fortune several times over.

If you would like an industry comparison look at high tech entrepreneurs. In the Silicon Valley and other tech hubs the entrepreneur is the glamour position. Yet many of the most successful high tech entrepreneurs started companies that failed. Again it's the nature of the business.

When it comes to marketing and branding very few have ever done it like Trump.
 
cawacko said:
He is a real estate developer. Very few long term (even successful one's like Trump) developers have gone through all the cycles without losing most everything at some point. It is the nature of the business. Whether is was the early '80's or early '90's or 2008 and beyond no developers made it through all those untouched. I've worked with big time developers and they all have their war stories. In the real estate business being a developer is a "glamorous" position but it has the most peaks and valleys. Many a developer have made and lost a fortune several times over.

If you would like an industry comparison look at high tech entrepreneurs. In the Silicon Valley and other tech hubs the entrepreneur is the glamour position. Yet many of the most successful high tech entrepreneurs started companies that failed. Again it's the nature of the business.

When it comes to marketing and branding very few have ever done it like Trump.
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Marketing and branding... isn't that what conservatives say about Obama, that he's all hype and no substance?
 
cawacko said:
He is a real estate developer. Very few long term (even successful one's like Trump) developers have gone through all the cycles without losing most everything at some point. It is the nature of the business. Whether is was the early '80's or early '90's or 2008 and beyond no developers made it through all those untouched. I've worked with big time developers and they all have their war stories. In the real estate business being a developer is a "glamorous" position but it has the most peaks and valleys. Many a developer have made and lost a fortune several times over.

If you would like an industry comparison look at high tech entrepreneurs. In the Silicon Valley and other tech hubs the entrepreneur is the glamour position. Yet many of the most successful high tech entrepreneurs started companies that failed. Again it's the nature of the business.

When it comes to marketing and branding very few have ever done it like Trump.
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I guess it would have been better for him to have asked for a government bailout instead of filing bankrupcy~
 
Onceler said:
No one does it better, imo. He's a great businessman, but the secret to his mega-success is how well he promotes, imo. Everything is the best, the biggest, the most extraordinary - and he has a way of really making you believe that, because he believes it.

As a Prez candidate, he'd be very interesting, but a total loose cannon - he wouldn't allow himself to be handled in any way....
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Donald Trump inherited a buttload of cash and then became an entertainer. He is not a great businessman. He is a joke and there is no way he's going to win the nomination.
 
Ice Dancer said:
I guess it would have been better for him to have asked for a government bailout instead of filing bankrupcy~
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Yep, any decision he would have made with regards to a government bailout would have nothing to do with his own personal self-interest. He's just a noble soul, a self-made captain of industry.
 
It will be sweet having somebody totally unafraid to say what he thinks on the campaign trail. He'll be unlikely to win the Primary, but will make a serious impact because he is unafraid to point out when the Emperor has no clothes.
 
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