The classic ploy by Trumpesque GCs is to dangle additional work to entice the contractors to complete the project at hand despite not getting the payments required in the contract. Most contractors will find it very hard to resist future work as a trade-off for a small waiting period in getting paid for the work they're completing. But when 60 days turns into 180 days and you're already near completion of the next project, it's too late. The Trumpster will claim he fired you when you stop working, and he'll claim you did shoddy work and failed to respond to complaints. It's a common scam and it seems Trump must be very good at using his capital to trick those blinded by the dazzle. Who wouldn't want to score contracts with a giant corp like Trump has? Only contractors who have already seen the scam before would be able to say no. Some might even roll the dice. I've known at the time of doing estimates that the customer was showing signs of trustworthiness issues, and yet I still decided to chance it. Sometimes you need the work.
Anyway, Trump would be scary to think about making decisions that affect us all. Fuck that.
