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Vanity rather than sanity or reality ...

Looks like historically the Trump business focused on revenue rather than profit or cash flow. Ok for a private company if one's just creaming off an income at the expense of the taxman but I wonder what the implications are for the US economy if the same strategy is applied?https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/07/trump-tax-prinouts-business-losses

Michael Ixer ● 2744d4 Comments

This is the original NY Times link for those who are suspicious of "the Grauniad" but it's behind a "sometimes" paywall ...https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/07/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html?smid=fb-share

Michael Ixer ● 2744d

There was an interview with Richard Branson a year or two ago.  Apparently, when Trump was in one of his "bad" years, he sought a loan from Richard Branson who said no.  Trump has hated him ever since!

Ivonne Holliday ● 2744d

Hi - also in Thursday's FT - all denied by the Whitehouse of course

Lynne McNulty ● 2742d

This is interesting - and worrying - and seems to perhaps support the idea Trump may spend all his time watching Fox news, playing golf, etc as has been reported at times. What does surprise me is that he didn't have NDAs put in place with his ghostwriters ...http://huffp.st/VwnIBxR

Michael Ixer ● 2742d