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Old_Geezer - //Knowing the right folk, and being unfazed/unaffected by failure, so trying again and again, can bring one success simply by virtue of something must surely work eventually; regardless of how bright one is. //
Indeed - it is perfectly possible to be a 'success' - at least in financial terms, while simultaneously being as intelligent and a cockroach, and an unfeasibly horrible human being as well.
Indeed - it is perfectly possible to be a 'success' - at least in financial terms, while simultaneously being as intelligent and a cockroach, and an unfeasibly horrible human being as well.
No, indeed not Khandro. I don't begrudge rich people the money they've earned, and it stands to reason that as far as possible parents want to give their children the best start in life. The only real problem I have with it is Trump's description of a million dollars as "small", and talking about how difficult it was to work himself up from such a precarious position; "it's not been easy for me," he said, without even a flicker of a chuckle at how stupid that thought is.
Then again, in the same event he also said that people should elect him just because his name is Trump, so I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised. It's a sad indictment of US politics (in particular, I suppose, of Hillary Clinton) that these things just don't matter.
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Then again, in the same event he also said that people should elect him just because his name is Trump, so I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised. It's a sad indictment of US politics (in particular, I suppose, of Hillary Clinton) that these things just don't matter.
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jim; Though I have known several, I only have one millionaire I could say was a friend. He too was lent a million pounds - interest free - by an uncle (his father having died young). He started a company which was successful and led to other businesses and he paid back the loan. He has created jobs for probably thousands of people both within and outside of the UK, and has been enormously generous with charitable work, for which he has been knighted.
So like Trump - who has also given employment, many people are grateful for his having had that initial loan enabling them to exercise their entrepreneurship.
If my dad had given me a million (fat chance!) it would have probably all gone on sex, drugs and rock and roll and I'd have been broke by 35.
So like Trump - who has also given employment, many people are grateful for his having had that initial loan enabling them to exercise their entrepreneurship.
If my dad had given me a million (fat chance!) it would have probably all gone on sex, drugs and rock and roll and I'd have been broke by 35.
I would hope, though, that your friend isn't quite so in denial about how significant the massive boost that starting capital gave him was, and doesn't describe it as "small", or hold it in contempt. I'm fairly sure that my parents have between them only just passed the $1 million (at present rates, and after tax) for their combined lifetimes (most of which has, of course, disappeared).
Whatever you make of it (and, as I have tried to make clear, it isn't the gift itself I object to but Trump's description of it), it seems difficult to associate someone with that much money to start with as in touch with the difficulties of the common man whom he apparently appeals to so. "I am your voice," says Trump. Really?!
Whatever you make of it (and, as I have tried to make clear, it isn't the gift itself I object to but Trump's description of it), it seems difficult to associate someone with that much money to start with as in touch with the difficulties of the common man whom he apparently appeals to so. "I am your voice," says Trump. Really?!
Oh, and Trump would later benefit earlyish in his business career from an inheritance injection of an amount that is variously quoted as between $40 million and $200 million. There is no doubt he's done well and is a successful businessman, but he does have a tendency to overstate this success -- for example, by citing failed and even fraudulent products such as Trump Steaks, Trump Mortgage, Inc, Trump University, etc etc -- and massively overstate the difficulty that he's had.
People can buy it all they want, but the Trump product is really rather a lot more empty. He's a good salesman, I'll give him that.
People can buy it all they want, but the Trump product is really rather a lot more empty. He's a good salesman, I'll give him that.
He wasn’t so ‘thick’ that he couldn’t turn his $1m into billions. A lot of sour grapes around here.
This is not the case, see here, he would have been $10 billion dollars better off investing his money in stocks than setting up any of his businesses.
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This is not the case, see here, he would have been $10 billion dollars better off investing his money in stocks than setting up any of his businesses.
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I don't want to get off-thread here, but the fact that Mr Trump Jr. not only thinks in these ludicrously simple terms, but thinks that expressing those thoughts in public to the media is a good idea does demonstrate that he is indeed his father's son.
My perception is that what people like to think of as Donald Trump being unfettered by convention or politics is actually nothing of the kind.
It is a seriously wealthy man who is used to being surrounded by people who soak up his utterances like rain in the dessert, and whom no-one ever invites to explain his random pronouncements.
From there he has made a successful TV show, again, his 'wisdom' is unquestioned, and he appears to say whatever comes into his brain without considering its effects in advance.
This has again given him a 'novelty act' to pretend is a campaign for political office, even though he daily exposes himself to censure and ridicule for exactly the character traits he has built up in private, and now shows the world from the media stage.
I can only hope and pray that the American public comes to its senses and realises that a man so out of touch with reality is not remotely qualified to hold any sort of office - much less the most powerful office on the planet.
My perception is that what people like to think of as Donald Trump being unfettered by convention or politics is actually nothing of the kind.
It is a seriously wealthy man who is used to being surrounded by people who soak up his utterances like rain in the dessert, and whom no-one ever invites to explain his random pronouncements.
From there he has made a successful TV show, again, his 'wisdom' is unquestioned, and he appears to say whatever comes into his brain without considering its effects in advance.
This has again given him a 'novelty act' to pretend is a campaign for political office, even though he daily exposes himself to censure and ridicule for exactly the character traits he has built up in private, and now shows the world from the media stage.
I can only hope and pray that the American public comes to its senses and realises that a man so out of touch with reality is not remotely qualified to hold any sort of office - much less the most powerful office on the planet.
