It’s more likely to have the opposite effect - the more his business ventures fall apart, the harder he will need to grift the rubes for support. His political career has been the most successful con of his life - he’ll only give it up if forced to due to, say, imprisonment. And possibly not even then.
(Sigh) yeah, you’re probably right. My ‘schadenfraud’ hopes were probably based on wishful thinking more than anything. trump really has nothing to lose by running for pres-- either he wins and he’s got it made; he can pardon himself on Federal charges, grift away, and enjoy the trappings of power. Or he loses and he can possibly become the bloviating figurehead for an alt-right talk network, as was widely rumored to be the real reason why he ran in 2016, since all conventional wisdom was that there was no way he would win.
I would argue the only succesfull con was the dodging of the taxes on the money he got from Fred.
The politics are going to land him in legal trouble.
I am not Jewish. I don’t speak Yiddish. But I’ve picked up a smattering of Yiddish words from Mel Brooks, Laverne & Shirley, and even, once, Northern Exposure.
Someone tweeted [periods original – he’s typing slowly so Trump supporters will understand]:
He. Was. Never. A. Successful. Business. Man.
He. Inherited. 400. Million.And. Went. Bankrupt. Seven. Times.
Every. Commercial. Venture. He. Launched. Failed. Miserably.
He. Conned. You. Into. Thinking. He. Was. A. Success.
This reminded me of the word Schlemiel): ‘An inept, clumsy person; a bungler.’ Then I thought of Schnorrer: ‘A sly chiseler who will get money out of his acquaintances any way he can, often through an air of entitlement.’ I’ll have to read the first link to see if I can find any more Trump descriptors.
Schnorrer is definitely better. I think of a schlemiel as hapless and bumbling, even a sympathetic character.
Schmendrick works too, and of course no reason to discount classics like putz.
You’re right. But he’s definitely a bungler.
I miss the Putz smiley.
As I understand it, he did not personally go bankrupt ever. Some of his side companies have gone into bankruptcy, but not him personally. That may sound like a quibble, and I’m certainly not defending him, but it doesn’t help anything for “our side” to get the facts wrong.
Great, so how much tax are you saying you owe?
Coincidentally, I was watching an ep of ‘Parks and Rec’ just yesterday in which Ron Swanson was describing the difference between a ‘schlemeil’ and a ‘schlamazel’: A ‘schlemeil’ often spills his soup; a ‘schlamazel’ is the one the soup gets spilled on.
trump may be more of a schnorrer than a schlemeil, but all the people in his orbit who’ve gotten burned or thrown under the bus by him are schlamazels; especially if you substitute ‘flings’ for ‘spills’ and ‘feces’ for ‘soup’.
I think shemozzle fits: A state of chaos or confusion.
Now I’m hungry for Hasenpfeffer, but only if it is Incorporated.
I’ve said it before in other threads (and maybe even this one), but my fondest hope is not to see Trump in prison*, but to see his empire collapse in ashes around him. His name stripped off buildings, his (and his kids’) assets seized, his net worth reduced to less than zero. If he somehow survives his indictments to walk the earth as a free person, reduce him to nothing but a rightwing radio personality fleecing a fast-dwindling audience of rubes.
(*although I want that, too)
Yep, preaching to the choir, friend.
Nothing left but a broken, barely readable plaque half-buried in the ashes of his ruined empire, reading
My name is trump, Bigly of Biglies;
Look on my Winning, ye Big Strong Men, and shed a tear!
Ozy (mandius) what you did there.
It’s important to get that right for another reason. Even as those businesses were failing, Trump was extracting millions from them right until the not-so bitter end. People lost their jobs, shareholders lost money, investors got fleeced…but Donnie Two Scoops just kept on getting fatter.
I wish I’d seen in 2016 and 2020, and hope to see if necessary in 2024, an ad featuring, say, four or five people who can truthfully look in the camera and say words to the effect of, “I’m a lifelong Republican, and Donald Trump ripped me off/refused to pay me for the work I did/broke our contract for no good reason and then dared me to sue him.”
Something has to get through to his supporters - or at least independents - who still, for some bizarre reason, admire him for his “business savvy.”
Trump is certainly a schmuck.
I’ve said it before. His stupid inane TV show, The Apprentice, allowed him to be a bully in every ones living room. That is DJT.
He was seriously pissed off when the show got canceled. He did not expect to win POTUS, his plan was to start an anti-Hillary channel that would make FOX ‘News’ look fair and balanced.
This would allow him to give a big F U to NBC. And allow him to continue to be a bully. And of course grift, grift, grift.
Like all of his ventures, it did, of course, fail. While the grifting did continue at 200%, the wheels of justice are finally catching up to him.
Years ago his fans memed him as Thanos - the Endgame version just before he impotently snapped his fingers and saw that nothing happened, and just before all his works dissolved into nothing. Memes can come true
Blistering attack, indeed. From this New York Times article (free link)
Joe Biden fulminates against Trump:
“Trump says the Constitution gave him, quote, the right to do whatever he wants as president, end of quote.”
“Seizing power, concentrating power, attempting to abuse power, purging and packing key institutions, spewing conspiracy theories, spreading lies for profit and power to divide America in every way, inciting violence against those who risk their lives to keep Americans safe, weaponizing against the very soul of who we are as Americans,” Mr. Biden said. “This MAGA threat is a threat to the brick and mortar of our democratic institutions. It’s also a threat to the character of our nation.”
Good for you Joe!