Official LRC President Donald J Trump Thread

take a loss wrote:

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Trump is always amateur hour. If he was going to choose Doral, he should have had a cost analysis prepared for distribution. He should have also had an analysis of the other properties considered. "Free" can have a lot of meanings for a project the size of the G7.

Free could also mean not billing for the rooms. But that doesn't mean they couldn't be written off at maximum rates as a loss. A little bit of creative accounting ...

As a business owner I always prepare a summary list of income and expenses and pass them on to a CPA to process. Never once have the details of how the summaries were prepared been requested. The CPA takes everything at face value. The CPA does not consider it their problem to delve into the details.

I'm not sure what you mean with your CPA analogy, but Trump should have known that there would be a backlash against choosing Doral and that just saying it's the best facility in the U.S. and that it would be free, is not good enough to justify his decision.

Sally Vix wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

Trump is so full of it. He didn't intend to take no money for the G7 being held there. He would have said that then if true. He says it now because he was basically forced into canceling it, and it's his way to try to say, "You could have had this great thing, but nooooo." He's such an ass. A criminal too...can't forget he's a criminal.

Trump is worth many billions. Do you really think he is worried about people paying $178 a night at the Doral? Really?

Why are you so impressed that he doesn't take a salary?

Sally Vix wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

Trump is so full of it. He didn't intend to take no money for the G7 being held there. He would have said that then if true. He says it now because he was basically forced into canceling it, and it's his way to try to say, "You could have had this great thing, but nooooo." He's such an ass. A criminal too...can't forget he's a criminal.

Trump is worth many billions. Do you really think he is worried about people paying $178 a night at the Doral? Really?

Sally...I'll answer you, and the answer is Damn Straight! (It would be more than that anyway with more expensive rooms that that, conference fees and food bills).

The estimate of $3 billion is crap. For those who run private companies, those estimates go mostly with self reporting. Pretty clear that Trump lies all the time. He's the self proclaimed "King of Debt". He is most likely up to his eyeballs in debt with a net worth of very little even possibly in the negative. Pretty clear he still wants loans. Time will eventually show that Trump wasn't near the wealthy man he portrayed himself as.

Trump has done a ton of things that a real multi-billionaire wouldn't do. Trump University? Trump Water? Trump Steaks? A multi-billionaire doesn't need to go find side gigs like that. He's a criminal.

Sally Vix wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

Trump is so full of it. He didn't intend to take no money for the G7 being held there. He would have said that then if true. He says it now because he was basically forced into canceling it, and it's his way to try to say, "You could have had this great thing, but nooooo." He's such an ass. A criminal too...can't forget he's a criminal.

Trump is worth many billions. Do you really think he is worried about people paying $178 a night at the Doral? Really?

So why did Trump want to have the conference at Doral? Is it really the best location available in the country? Is weather in Miami nice in June? Do you really believe he gives a crap about possibly saving the U.S. some money.

The answer is that wanted the attention the G7 conference brings to be focused on one of his properties.

RCP Trump Job Approval now down to 42.0%

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html

45.3 before the Ukraine stuff.

45.3...42.0.

Just saying.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

take a loss wrote:

As a business owner I always prepare a summary list of income and expenses and pass them on to a CPA to process. Never once have the details of how the summaries were prepared been requested. The CPA takes everything at face value. The CPA does not consider it their problem to delve into the details.

I'm not sure what you mean with your CPA analogy, but Trump should have known that there would be a backlash against choosing Doral and that just saying it's the best facility in the U.S. and that it would be free, is not good enough to justify his decision.

It means it is easy to cook the books, while also having a CPA attest that your taxes are accurately prepared.

Flagpole wrote:

RCP Trump Job Approval now down to 42.0%

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html

45.3 before the Ukraine stuff.

45.3...42.0.

Just saying.

Of greater horror to Trumpers who love Rasmussen polls.

Rasmussen Reports Oct 13-15 — 50% approve / 49% disapprove

BUT

Rasmussen Reports Oct 16-20 — 45% approve / 53% disapprove

The above are UNADJUSTED poll results from 538.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Sally Vix wrote:

Trump is worth many billions. Do you really think he is worried about people paying $178 a night at the Doral? Really?

So why did Trump want to have the conference at Doral? Is it really the best location available in the country? Is weather in Miami nice in June? Do you really believe he gives a crap about possibly saving the U.S. some money.

The answer is that wanted the attention the G7 conference brings to be focused on one of his properties.

The real question is why he did a 180. Surely he’s gone through with really awful decisions in the past, why shift on this? The answer of course is that he was openly engaging in business as POTUS and as if there isn’t enough for the ongoing emoluments clause suit, this would have been at the top of the pile. This is probably one of those few times he actually listened to someone else.

Trump backed down because R’s told him No for once. Psychos can’t stand to be told No.

Sally is so jealous trump gets $178 a night!

What do you get, sally?

Ghost only gets $9.92/month for his advance coaching program (“Run away!”).

The Dems have a RUSSIAN AGENT running for their nomination and they are doing NOTHING about it.

What is wrong with you people.

Turkey and Russia going to meet to draw lines on the Syria map today. Easy pickings with the US gone.

Natasha’s dated trump & now she wants a new man! Too slow, bitschka!

I don’t know what people do for a living in Russia, natasha (not much, in my experience), but I’m a caregiver dealing with violent disabled people. Good practice for dealing with trumpettes.

Ciro wrote:

Rigged for Hillary wrote:

Relax, Kiwi. I admit I was wrong about the staffer's title. However, that Congresswoman should be reprimanded by the House Ethics Committee and she has no business serving on the Vice Chair of the House Oversight Committee—tasked with impeachment. If she were a Republican this would be a huge scandal.

You need to slow down, you’re getting a lot things wrong lately.

He hasn't been getting a lot of things wrong just lately, mate. He's wrong all the time. This is rooted in the fact that he's a dumb*ss bogan. He has proven he can't read a simple news article and get even the most basic facts from it correct, and he falls for fake Mrs. Clinton quotes. This is indicative of just being a stupid person, not some anomaly. Not sure why you Americans don't call people out for being stupid, especially for someone like Rigged who regularly spews stupid sh!t and makes fun of people who don't also have is idiotic views.

Looks like Putin has given jesseriley the green light. Commence, comrade.

I’m glad you’ve spoken to him, sally. Keep changing your handle, Ghost of Ignorance was totally fooled, hence the name!

Trump says impeachment is a lynching. Also, he’s “lunching” with Porky Pompeo. Freudian slip?

take a loss wrote:

Free could also mean not billing for the rooms. But that doesn't mean they couldn't be written off at maximum rates as a loss. A little bit of creative accounting ...

As a business owner I always prepare a summary list of income and expenses and pass them on to a CPA to process. Never once have the details of how the summaries were prepared been requested. The CPA takes everything at face value. The CPA does not consider it their problem to delve into the details.

The CPA absolutely considers it their problem to delve into the details if they attest to the financials.

The CPA audits and samples the detail provided for financials.

If the details are good, it gets an unqualified opinion.

If there are issues, then the sample size expands where more flaws may be found.

The IRS typically takes a CPA firm's audited financials without much issue.

But if they screw up, they lose their license or can face criminal charges.

Regardless of all that, Trump can't offer anything for free because he supposedly is not running the business while he is president.