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But as voters examine his Atlantic City tenure to decide whether he has the economic chops to be president, they’ll find a record marked by questionable casino management and episodic corporate bankruptcy — the legacy of a fractious know-it-all who brought publicity, tax dollars and thousands of decent jobs to South Jersey, but whose manic and myopic dealmaking ultimately yielded a moribund casino empire, mined into exhaustion and left to wither.
Trump's Atlantic City casino empire was built and funded by others. He deserves credit — perhaps grudging credit, but credit nonetheless – for this impressive feat. He was, indeed, one of the largest employers in South Jersey for decades. But he was no visionary, getting out ahead. Trump once had an Atlantic City empire. And he didn't sell it — he lost it.
Read more at The Rise and Fall of Donald Trump's Atlantic City Empire | News | Philadelphia Magazine
Today, Trump is running for president, he says, to make people rich. How he fared in Atlantic City suggests a businessman savvy enough to build a temporary empire but one whose bankruptcies and eventual exit caused considerable pain for many people. While America knows Trump through his reality shows and golf courses, the residents here know him as a boss and civic figure, and their perspective may be the best available assessment of Trump’s claims that he can, as he says, “make America great again.”
Truth is, no one has a clue how either Trump or Hillary (assuming this will be the election day choices) will be as president.
We could take most (if not all) politicians and dig up how poorly they have performed in the political arena. Trump hasn't officially battled with a political title, but instead has succeeded and failed as a businessman. The casino industry is a tough one, a business relying on people with money to burn and not one built of necessity. Trump took a chance.
If it's Trump against Hillary, I think this would really be a vote for or against the establishment and not necessarily the candidates themselves. It could also be an election to send a message to Washington. I'm not saying those are great reasons on how to vote, but Trump certainly makes this whole election process more polarizing.
There are no guarantees. All I desire is for a president to be there for me, the taxpaying individual. Which candidate seems to focus on that the most?
Kinda like the Chinese workers he gave what could have been American jobs to, eh?
Are you talking about Trump, Obama, Bush or Bill Clinton? Because you'd be right in every instance.
Serious question, if Hillary gets into office and signs the TPP....what will your excuse be? I want to hear it now.
I'm guessing, "Well the Republicans would have signed it too!"
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