The biggest threat to Trump’s business? Trump.

[applegrove]

The biggest threat to Trump’s business? Trump.

By Catherine Rampell at the Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-biggest-threat-to-trumps-business-trump/2016/10/03/72f7440a-89a3-11e6-875e-2c1bfe943b66_story.html?utm_term=.e3aa1ceb4ef1

"SNIP..............



Even without tax-planning shenanigans, mind you, Plaintiff Trump would have a nearly bulletproof case to make against Defendant Trump for breach of fiduciary duty. Defendant Trump is, through his alienating rhetoric, likely irreparably impairing the goodwill value of the gilded Trump name.

Already there are clues that his sexist, racist, vulgar and generally uncouth remarks have repelled customers from the Trump brand.

Bookings at Trump hotels seem to be down, according to a report from travel site Hipmunk. Foot traffic to Trump businesses appears to have also declined significantly during the presidential campaign, according to data from Foursquare. Trump-branded condo prices have lost the premium they enjoyed last year, according to an analysis from Redfin.

There have also been reports that his children are privately worried about the negative impact his erratic behavior is having on the family business.

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[kimbutgar]

1. Excellent!

[Osakagreg]

2. Mark Cuban Predicts His Bankruptcy In 7 Years

Mark Cuban believes that Trump has tarnished his brand so badly that he will be filing bankruptcy in approximately seven years.

I don't care if Trump files bankruptcy or not. I just want him to wake up. If that's what it takes, then that would be the greatest thing ever.

[PJMcK]

3. Mark Cuban has really stepped up during this campaign

Notice that Mr. Cuban has made tremendously critical comments about Donald Trump but he hasn't been the target of Mr. Trump's twitter eruptions. I believe it's because Mr. Cuban really is a billionaire and he knows (as does The Donald) that Mr. Trump is a poser.

The self-inflicted damage that Mr. Trump has brought to his brand is unfixable because once the majority of the public knows how skanky Donald Trump has been, the brand is damaged beyond repair. Note applegrove's observation in the OP that the Trump children are getting nervous. They should be since their old man has left the rails.

Regarding the damage to the Trump brand, here is an interesting article from last year that illustrates this:

http://fortune.com/2015/07/02/donald-trump/

It's only gotten worse since that was published.

Sometimes, when a corporation experiences a public relations disaster, they'll actually change their name. (I think this tactic was famously taken by an oil company and a chemical company but I can't recall their names or the events off-hand.) Mr. Trump can't do that. After all, we won't forget that hair.

However, I disagree with you, Osakagreg, regarding Donald Trump's fate. This man has been a cancer on our country for decades and I want to see him humiliated. That's the only thing that will tell him that we, as a society, say, "ENOUGH!"

[Cakes488]

4. The American People have short term memory so he may survive to skank another day