I used to work for a scumbag like Trump… it was a common tactic of his to order us to grind down contractors by claiming the client had complained about this or that, or this or that had been done wrong, so they need to deduct $50 or $100 or more from their invoice.
Of course, we kept calling these people to do work for us, because the boss liked that they could be ground down. This was early in my career, when I was desperate for experience. I did not understand at the time the damage I was doing to my reputation, and it took years for me to work past that once I quit working for this shitty place.
It was all bullshit, as is the Trump flunkies’ explanation of why they were stiffing contractors left and right. Sure, it happens that contractors may do an unsatisfactory job. You tell them to fix it if they want to get paid. But if it happens this often… either you suck at picking contractors, or you’re a sleazebag who pads his bottom line by stiffing hard-working people.
And apparently this will be another great reason to support Trump for his minions. Trump will be great for the working people, amirite???
How many ways are there to spell H Y P O C R I T I C A L S L E A Z E, believe me.
He even stiffed a law firm he hired to defend him in a suit brought against him by people he stiffed. Now he can argue it’s just sound fiscal policy that we need more of, and hope that makes sense to people. But when you have a small army saying “he refused to pay and said ‘sue me,’” I think people will get the picture. These are regular folks he’s screwing. It’s a longtime habit. Anybody here been stiffed that way in your life? Yeah, me too. Here’s some homespun wisdom for you, you outer-borough tough-talking slob—what goes around comes around.
“There were 60 lawsuits, USA Today found, where workers alleged Trump and his companies shortchanged them.”
The Clinton commercials practically write themselves:
“Deadbeat Donnie: Four Bankruptcies and Counting.”
Dude. You just set up the interviews, one after the other, and edit the gist of them for cumulative effect. Then him braying about how he’s fighting for the little guy and how much everyone loves him because of it. Ouchies galore.
And it’s only June,this is a soap opera we are watching and it just seems to get better and more harder to defend for the Teflon Donald slowly becoming Velcro Donald.His so called spokespeople sure have their work cut out for them.Just trying to remember not to be drinking any liquids should I catch them on the tube.
“Excuse me, Mr. Friel? There’s a Mrs. Clinton on line 1, asking if you’d like to come to Philadelphia and speak at the Democratic National Convention.”
“That’s what the country should be doing.”
That sounds familiar:
I like being able to fire people who provide service to me:
The ultimate irony of all this is that so many of Trump’s avid supporters are precisely the kind of average, everyday working class folks and small business people that Trump routinely screws. They just haven’t been his victim yet. But should he get elected, God forbid, then they will get royally screwed, along with the rest of us.
The concept of taking your business away from lousy providers and finding a better one isn’t controversial, but the pride and the pleasure these guys take is nauseating.
It is especially nauseating in Trump’s case, because there is little doubt that he uses his deep pockets, lawsuits, the threat of lawsuits, and the cost of lawsuits as just another business tactic to get a better deal at someone else’s expense.
“Let’s say that they do a job that’s not good, or a job that they didn’t finished, or a job that was way late early. I’ll deduct from their contract, absolutely, just not as much,”
“Let’s say that they do a job that’s not good, or a job that they didn’t finish, or a job that was way late. I’ll deduct from their contract, absolutely,” Trump told the newspaper. “That’s what the country should be doing.”
Yeah like backing out of trade agreements and debt obligations when Trump feels like it. That’s the ticket!
How to stiff your attorney: If you lost, “Why should I pay you? You didn’t win.” If you won, “Why should I pay you? My case was so good I would have won without you.”
This story might have some legs. Any contractor or tradesperson or contract worker who has ever been stiffed by an asshole rich guy pulling a fast one is familiar with this kind of behavior.
You beat me to it. There’s almost too much material to use against that pompadoured orange conman, but this would be one of the more effective ads: a series of normal, everyday people explaining how Trump stole their wages from them and bankrupted their small businesses, interspersed with quotes.
Gee, I had happily scrubbed that from my memory. Thanks a lot, pal!
Roseanne Barr, working class hero because she played one on TV, is supporting trumpet.
“I think we would be so lucky if Trump won. Because then it wouldn’t be Hillary. She’s friends with everybody that gives her any [expletive] money."
One of the real problems about this for Trump is that it further shatters the illusion that he is a great businessman. Instead of making money through hard work, he made it through scams and ripping off the little guy. A lot of people will not be happy about that.