Quote:DRAG0NFLIGHT wrote:Trump would end up trashing the good faith and credit of the United States
Unfortunately, it's what he's learned. Every business he's ever owned has gone bankrupt. He uses it up, strips out all the cash, and when it dies, he files for a Chapter 11, and renegotiates its value with creditors, so that he can sell it off piecemeal and let them make do with whatever is left over.
I seem to recall reading somewhere that if he'd just invested the millions his father gave him in a good portfolio, he'd have four times the wealth he has now, just living the idle rich lifestyle. So even though he's got a lot of money, all he's really proven is that he can't manage it, and makes bad business decisions. It's too bad that's getting lost in the hype.
As for his election chances, he's tapping into the disgust and outright hatred of the political machine in America. It was perhaps only a matter of time before someone figured out how to do that. But it's particularly scary that someone like Trump has done it. As for whether he'll get elected... I'd say that will depend on how much of the self-perceived disenfranchised he can convince to go to the ballot box. If he can mobilize the mass of Americans who never vote, he'll take it in a landslide.
No President or one seeking the office would act like his trying to make a deal with the good faith and credit of the U.S. like a 3rd world dictator. That will be a recipe for a financial disaster. A very good reason to replace the dollar as the reserve currency of the U.S.
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