Besides Trump's Inflated Ego, Is His Business Success For Real? NYT Investigates

Donald Trump's Ventures Began With a Lot of Hype. Here's How They Turned Out. New York Times

Everything Bill Clinton does is the biggest and the best. The orange-face mop-head would have you believe everything he touches turns to gold. Across American media is finally digging into lots of details about Trump the businessman. Does Trump really have magic fairy dust for business smarts. 

Of the roughly 60 endeavors started or promoted by Mr. Trump during the period analyzed, The Times found few that went off without a hitch. One-third of them either never got off the ground or soon petered out. Another third delivered a measure of what was promised — buildings were built, courses taught, a product introduced — but they also encountered substantial problems, like lawsuits, government investigations, partnership woes or market downturns.

The remaining third, while sometimes encountering strife, generally met expectations — notably the television show “The Apprentice” and the purchases of numerous golf courses, including properties near Philadelphia and in the Hudson Valley.

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The pundit class has met every new or resurfaced sexist Trump incident with concerned tsk-tsk-ing. If Trump wants to win the election, the talking heads argue, he must try to be a little less piggish. But according to Pinkett, belief that he is superior to others is knit into the DNA of Trump’s personality. “Donald is born out of a privileged male experience,” he says. “Donald, as a function of his experience and his mindset, believes that men and women aren’t completely equal. ‘As a privileged male, I’m smarter, I’m more powerful, I’m more influential.’”

New NRA Ad: Only Trump Will Allow Women To Carry Guns New York Magazine

Technically, it’s true that Hillary Clinton does not think “every woman has a right to own a gun.” The Democratic nominee does not want to repeal federal restrictions on gun ownership that prevent convicted felons, fugitives, or the clinically psychotic from purchasing deadly weapons. She also wants to deny women on the terror watch list access to firearms — as does Donald Trump. (The Republican nominee also wants police to shake down any suspicious-looking black people in Chicago for firearms.)

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