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PCIntern

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Fri Mar 22, 2024, 06:37 AM Mar 22

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His former communications director said, "It's incredibly bad," she said. "This is a total blow to the brand of Trump; Trump is as much a brand as he is a businessman in some ways, even more so.”

Brand? A failed “University” which was sanctioned for fraud, steaks which were Outback rejects, a casino empire that went bankrupt, an airline which utterly sank into oblivion, a beauty pageant wherein pubescent girls were exposed in their changing room, a beauty pageant wherein adult women were assaulted, a vinegary variety of champagne, Trump Tea, (a totally forgotten enterprise), a fixed game show, as well as a whole host, actually an adult lifetime of outright lying - none dare call it exaggeration.

This is a brand? This is a catastrophe of capitalism. You know who’s a “brand” as an individual? Lee Iacocca, Steve Wynn, Frank Sinatra, Ed Sullivan, Walt Disney, Frank Perdue, were ..and many others. Their names evoked some fair measures of quality and success. This truly uneducated, uncaring, uncivilized moron’s name evokes sense of failure and incompetence. This is MAD Magazine’s definition of a brand - satirically. Except it’s not fiction, it’s history.

And with any measure of good fortune, he will be history in a few months as well.

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Jesus... [View all] PCIntern Mar 22 OP
"How the ___ do you lose money selling red meat to Americans?" underpants Mar 22 #1
On a similar note, how does a casino in Atlantic City lose money?!! Mr.WeRP Mar 22 #6
I had always assumed that he skimmed off his own casinos. Niagara Mar 22 #8
He overpaid and didn't bother to learn how the games work underpants Mar 22 #16
Exactly. Niagara Mar 22 #24
Money laundering, probably for Russians. yardwork Mar 22 #26
One casino in Atlantic City can make lot of money. ShazzieB Mar 22 #35
You might if you paid yourself a hefty salary TexasBushwhacker Mar 22 #37
Not impossible. ShazzieB Mar 22 #42
Maybe not failed on purpose, but he certainly took TexasBushwhacker Mar 22 #43
Jeesh, we once bought a quarter grass fed cow (120 lbs of meat) for $1000 Best_man23 Mar 22 #12
Same here. tavernier Mar 22 #30
I grew up in the Keys Best_man23 Mar 25 #49
For $3500 today, butchers will sell you a whole Angus NanaCat Mar 22 #44
"It takes a great man to make a tender chicken." bucolic_frolic Mar 22 #2
Failure Roy Rolling Mar 22 #3
This!!! Joinfortmill Mar 22 #4
The shock is still tthat he reached tthis far malaise Mar 22 #5
Yes absolutely PatSeg Mar 22 #32
as his elleng Mar 23 #47
Thank you. I got the same jolt when I read "this is a blow to the brand," ... Hekate Mar 22 #7
Trump testified his "brand" was his most valuable asset, worth $10B. sop Mar 22 #9
I wouldn't give 10 wooden nickels for the "Trump Brand" Best_man23 Mar 22 #13
Lenders all agreed the "Trump brand" is worthless. sop Mar 22 #18
Well said! Alice Kramden Mar 22 #10
His "brand" is... 2naSalit Mar 22 #11
And Republicans know all that dalton99a Mar 22 #14
And those are quotes from before the 2016 election. yardwork Mar 22 #27
Lindsey - "(TSF) will destroy the republican party and we'll deserve it." rubbersole Mar 22 #39
The BLOAT. Biggest Loser Of All Time. twodogsbarking Mar 22 #15
EXACTLY!!! I am sooooooo stealing that. niyad Mar 22 #21
BLOAT! Perfect. Thanks. Easterncedar Mar 22 #31
Losing money on a casino still takes the cake prodigitalson Mar 22 #17
I essentially live in Atlantic City and PCIntern Mar 22 #20
It takes a special level of stupid to do that, especially when it is niyad Mar 22 #22
Well stated SouthernDem4ever Mar 22 #19
Absolutely spot on, PC. niyad Mar 22 #23
Nicely put, as usual. (nt) Paladin Mar 22 #25
Good 3auld6phart Mar 22 #28
Trump is a legend in his own mind. He only thinks he livetohike Mar 22 #29
Trump's "Brand" is DEATH. FalloutShelter Mar 22 #33
Somehow tRump's carnival of failures has managed to be propped up as a legit brand all these years Blue Owl Mar 22 #34
Check out the dictionary definition of "trumpery" -- OMGWTF Mar 22 #36
"Brand"? Well... if bankruptcy is your kind of brand, then yeah. His name is synonomous with Sump Pump 4lbs Mar 22 #38
Sump Pump Trump! calimary Mar 22 #41
Slowly but surely destabilizing the enemy. calimary Mar 22 #40
Trump is indeed a brand. KentuckyWoman Mar 22 #45
BRANDED! Kablooie Mar 23 #46
Excellwnt PCIntern Mar 23 #48
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