He claims that there were. Obviously, I take that at face value.
A slightly afield question: I have read that Trump controls more than 500 companies. Is that considered a lot for a businessman and is that number considered unusual? And why and how does he control so many?
Well, Trump has got his twitter back. Looks like somebody else is posting there, though, because the comments are actually literate.
[Quote=Donald Trump]
I promise you, if I become president, we’re going to be working again. We’re going to have great jobs again. You’re going to be so happy.
[/quote]
The intellectually-challenged puerile tone, like he was talking to class of particularly dim six-year-old simpletons, is one striking thing about most of The Donald’s pronouncements. That they come from an irredeemably stupid buffoon who is comically uninformed about even the most basic issues, and that this buffoon promises to work the most amazing economic and political miracles, is an ongoing self-parody of which he’s astoundingly unaware. That it comes from a major American political candidate who has won the Republican primaries has to be deeply frightening.
Don’t have to be afraid long as he loses. And if he takes a few dozen Pubbie Congressgits along with him? A calming and serene effect, conducive to meditation.
However many companies he has, it’s probable that each one of his real estate investments is set up as a separate company, so that if a particular investment tanks, it doesn’t drag down all the others. That isn’t at all unusual in the real estate business.
There’s a former car dealership near my house that’s being redeveloped. The dealership property was actually four different parcels, and the developer had to purchase each one separately.
Looks like he’s asking Mike Tyson and Mike Ditka to speak at the convention.
Tyson is a convicted rapist and even the most die hard Bears fan wants Ditka to shut up.
This drips with Awesome.
You get the impression that Trump is preferring people that were winners all right, but they also have in common that they sucked at life or other endeavors later.
I expect the Republican convention not to be brokered, but broken.
The way this is shaping up, Trump is likely to self-destruct at the convention. His child-mind is either going to throw a tantrum because of the anti-Trump protests, or his enormous ego will be inflated to astronomical proportions by the ceremonies which he will perceive to be personal adulation. He’s bound to say even more spectacularly stupid shit than usual, and to a much broader audience than his normal circle of sycophants. The whole process might even be helped along by the degenerate morons he’s bringing with him.
I notice that Bill Maher’s normal Friday night show on HBO has been extended to Wednesday and Thursday nights during convention week for a three-night comedic marathon! He’s doing the same for the Dem convention, but it’s clear that the Trumpfest train wreck is what he’s really looking forward to.
[Quote=JohnT]
He is truly the gift that keeps on giving.
[/Quote]
Well, according to the quote preceding yours, he’s not. That’s the actual problem.
They’re just trying to hasten Revelations.
He’s already said he plans on imprisoning Clinton. So it would be convenient if she were charged with a crime first.
The Donald is apparently also hitting up Icelandic and Australian Members of Parliament for donations.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-now-hitting-up-iceland-mps-for-cash
See also here
Aussie MP Tim Watts
And Icelandic MP Katrín Jakobsdóttir, quoted in the Iceland Monitor
The man - excuse me, “weapons-grade plum” - ought to be in restraints.
I believe that Paul Manafort forgot that you couldn’t solicit bribes, er, donations from foreigners for US elections. That goes against every instinct and action the guy has made since 1996 when he started carving out a career selling his services to dictators, but unfortunately is the law in America.
Nothing will come of this, though at least one person has filed a FEC complaint.
If a corporate executive of a publicly traded company made misleading statements about the finances of their organization, the SEC would (in theory) open an investigation and possibly sanction the guy and his company.
Does anyone know if there is such a mechanism for the FEC?
Hope Hicks claimed that the campaign raised $3.3 million in two days just off one email blast… however, it’s hard, almost impossible, to rationalize the numbers as over 60% of the emails ended up in spam folders and only 12% were opened (I’ve found no data as to % of actual donations from that 12%).
So, let’s say (for discussions sake, we won’t really “know” until July 20th) that Hope Hicks lied and the email campaign brought in (again for arguments sake) a paltry $250,000 and she knew this when she said $3.3mil. Is this a regulatory offense? Can there be sanctions or fines on the Trump campaign? Anybody know?
“The Trump Twitter account is making up supporters out of thin air.”
So, apparently some of the people who DT has quoted in his tweets have inactive or robot Twitter accounts. In this article, a couple of the people he quoted have no tweets to their accounts, and one of the ones he quotes is nothing but a twitter account that re-posts DJT tweets.
I have no idea what the hell this means or why this would happen. Surely his team can find a real person to respond to when they want to promote their message… right?
Can we officially stop respecting the religious right’s opinion on anything if they hypocritically support Trump?