Discussion: Donald Trump Names Goldman Sachs Alum As His New Finance Chair

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Reason #138 Why Trump won’t be able to use Clinton’s speeches against her.

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Ok Bernie now is your time to show you are a part of the Democratic family…

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Donald Trump told Fox News anchor Chris Wallace that he’s living in a “world of make-believe” as he defended his business record in Atlantic City.

Wallace asked Trump in Thursday’s GOP debate why the nation should trust him to run the country’s business when Trump Corp.'s casinos and hotels have declared bankruptcy four times over the last quarter-century.

In response, the real estate mogul argued he had used the country’s bankruptcy laws to help his businesses — and the people employed by them.
“Because I have used the laws of this country just like the greatest people that you read about every day in business have used the laws of this country, the chapter laws, to do a great job for my company, my employees, myself and my family,” Trump said. “I have never gone bankrupt.”

“That’s your line,” Wallace said. “But your companies have gone bankrupt.”

“What am I saying?” Trump said heatedly.

Wallace responded by bringing up a specific property in Atlantic City that went bankrupt.

“Well sir, let’s just talk about the latest example, which is Trump Entertainment Resorts, which went bankrupt in 2009,” Wallace said. “In that case alone lenders to your company lost over $1 billion and more than 1,100 people were laid off.”

Trump responded by criticizing the banks he was in business with, and by suggesting the question was naive.

“First of all these lenders are not babies,” Trump responded. “They are killers. These are not the nice sweet little people you think. You are living in the world of make-believe, Chris, if you want to know the truth.”

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/250513-trump-defends-company-bankruptcies

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The cynic in me thinks the media built Drumpf up just so they could tear him down during sweeps week.

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Severus Snape with glasses, a haircut and a suit…

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Yeah, I once had a goose that laid golden eggs once, until I shot it…

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The guy has worked at Goldman Sachs, a low rent Hollywood studio and, to top it off, George Soros.

So much to unpack there.

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Am I correct that this is great news for John McCain?

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Brilliant! He’s eating right out of her trough! This way, he can grab up all that Wall Street gravy before she can get to it.

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One can only hope!

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Excellent news. Or rather, EXCELLENT NEWS!!
(Whatever happened to good old Idiotic, anyway?)

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I also take it that it may well be he doesn’t want to release his speech transcripts either hence doesn’t want to talk about the matter.

Glad Hillary stayed firm about this throughout the primaries, because that leaves her another card to play. My belief is Hillary can release her speeches without causing any real problem to her campaign. Trump, on the other hand, hasn’t yet released his tax returns either, and while he isn’t obliged to release his speech transcripts, with the combo of the tax returns and speeches, public perception about his transparency can deteriorate quick once his past business transactions are getting exposed as well.

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Okay, Ted Cruz. Take off those glasses. You’re not fooling anyone.

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Reason #138

Too many reasons could end up being a problem. The many, many, many, many reasons not to vote for Trump could get lost on top of each other.

Trump at least will have the advantage of simplicity in his campaign message – repeating the same simple bullshit (no matter how false) over and over. The advantage of the Big Lie.

Still I’d rather have our candidate then theres.

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Nothing says outsider/reformer than Goldman Sachs!

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Nothing says Trump inner circle like a multi-million dollar bankruptcy in your past.

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Really? He named Heidi Cruz as one of his advisors? Oh, wait . . .

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Consistency is not the Donald’s strong suit. He will also attack her on being ‘crooked Hillary’ all the while ignoring being under investigation for FRAUD.

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Or perhaps… just perhaps democrats can reach out to progressives who are not in the party and try to gain their support with actions.

Nahh… ya’ll just gonna act like we’re slaves to the Dems and tell us how we should act and vote right masta?