Summary

Trump snapped at a reporter who asked how much economic pain he was willing to inflict amid plunging markets triggered by his new tariffs.

Speaking after a weekend at his Florida resort, Trump dismissed speculation he was trying to crash the market, claiming tariffs would bring in “$1 trillion” and spur U.S. manufacturing.

When asked about a pain threshold for Americans, he called the question “so stupid,” arguing economic “medicine” was necessary to reverse decades of “stupid leadership.”

He insisted the strategy would make the U.S. “solid and strong again.”

  • D_C@lemm.ee
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    10 hours ago

    Wrong. WRONG!
    It was more than one casino.

    1991: Trump Taj Mahal
    1992: Trump Castle Hotel & Casino
    1992: Trump Plaza Casino
    1992: Trump Plaza Hotel (not a casino, ‘just’ a hotel.)
    2004: Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts
    2009: Trump Entertainment Resorts (casino holding company)

    There are numerous other businesses that failed spectacularly, too.

    • barneypiccolo@lemm.ee
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      9 hours ago

      Then there are the failed businesses that were neverbsupposed to succeed because they were fraud from the inception, like Trump University. They announced it and promoted it, and signed up students, who took out student loans ffrom the government and sent them to thebadmissions department.

      Then it turned out that they never bought/ rented a single building, hired no teachers, never created a curriculum, etc. They didn’t do one thing to create a school except sign up students and take their student loan money. It didn’t go bankrupt, it never existed, but they sold it anyway.