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How many house keepers, maids, pool cleaners, upholsters, spray painters, and green keepers does a President need !!
Where is/can Donald Trump take US (sic)?
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How many house keepers, maids, pool cleaners, upholsters, spray painters, and green keepers does a President need !!
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From what I've seen and heard, highly successful businesses always have a very controlling, hard-nosed, pushy leader. Massive change seems to require a no-compromise approach and enormous drive. There's no love lost - it's progress at the expense of everything else. Google is like this. Some say MS is like this. You tow the company line and you make them money, or you're pushed out. The results they get eclipse everything else, but there might be another cost which is not shown in the annual report.
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Except that the United States is not a private business. It should not be overseen by a man who cares only for himself and his personal business interests. A country needs a leader who is there to represent the inhabitants of that country. This involves an understanding of foreign policy and how to deal with leaders of other nations. His approach so far has been to insult and bully individuals and entire nations via his social media account. Is this a no-compromise approach or just completely juvenile and unprofessional?
I find it very hard to believe this approach will be in any way successful.
He's damaging important relationships which have been nurtured for decades. As previously discussed, he has insulted and criticised many of their major trading partners. Unwinding free and open trade cannot lead to prosperity. It will lead to a lack of competitiveness. The Americans are about to find that out the hard way.
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It looks more like he's trying to divide the inhabitants of his country.
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A country thrives or fails based mainly on its economy, doesn't it? Why wouldn't a hard-nosed businessman be a perfect fit? If Bill Gates was considerate, respectful and gentle person, MS wouldn't be where it is today. Trump's personality is grating, but does have a chance at creating actual change. No one else did, or does. Pollies nowadays are so afraid of disapproval, their whole lives revolve around not upsetting the perpetually outraged Twitterati.
People say he's only interested in building his own wealth. I don't believe that, given the 10's of millions of his own money spent on campaigning, and his advancing age. He is hell bent on being the American savior - which isn't a good idea - but that's his aim, I believe. There's altruism there (or is it a drive to be the hero? not sure). Most of the electorate can't see beyond the end of the week, so long term planning always looks like a bad thing. Sacrifice for the greater long term good means nothing to most people, especially youth.
International relations are of little concern for a protectionist. He is looking at his own country's problems, which I find most appropriate. Why try to suck up to Australia and other counties when your own country is a complete mess? We are free to do the same if only we had strong leaders.
Trump has obvious downsides too, which I'm well aware of. It might not sound like it here, but I'm actually quite ambivalent about him.
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He didn't spent his own money to campaign. I know he says he does because he's so rich and all.
But reality is no one was lending or donating to his campaign (they thought it was a bad investment) at first. So he himself lend to his campaign.
Then as he started to win, money started pouring in. And as a businessman, he got a price for how much donation will get you a seat at the table, how much as a secretary. For example, the Billionaire DeVos donated some $9.5M to Trump, she got nominated to be Secretary of Education. All so that she can quickly privatise the US public education system like she has been trying to do; and of course you can forget about trying to help out the kids and their parents owing eyeball level of student debt because DeVos has a business that collects on those student debt.
Back to the point... when money comes into the campaign, all the money Trump has loaned to his campaign are then repaid. Maybe with interest. Who wouldn't charge interest on money they lent themselves right?
And remember Trump's promise to sell off all his assets and business if he became president because, he says, making America great again is all that he wanted to do. He doesn't care for money, he'll get rid of all of it.
They're now control by his two sons... and if they don't manage it properly he'll fire them, he says.
Watch how big business and other countries will start holding functions and staying at Trump Hotels all over the world now.
And I wouldn't be surprised if Trump's kids decided to fire all the security staff at Trump anything, then have the Secret Service and US gov't station and pay for all the security as those assets are all targets of terrorists and whatever.
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On tonight's news, Google, Facebook and Uber are looking to take legal action against Trump. Looking uncertain for the future of financial markets and general sentiment, isn't it? Cracks are showing much earlier than expected.
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He hasn't given much of his enormous wealth to charity, nor as far as I'm aware has he released his tax returns which leads to the conclusion that he is greedy and shifty and not a good example for the nation.
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I think it's a given that his hotels are going to benefit as you describe. If you're hoping to do a deal with Trump then you don't stay in a rival hotel now do you.....
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That's a classic conflict of interest, but I doubt if anyone can do anything about it.
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Those can do anything about it won't want to do anything about it. It's great to know what the price is.
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Imagine an out of town diplomat heading to meet Trump and not stay at one of his hotels. How do you break ice? What happen if he asks where are you staying?
Trump is going to make the Clinton Foundation look like amateur hour.
You are so correct...That is why the Labor Party have control of the ABC, GETUP and QandA.....They continue to use these outlets for their propaganda.
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The Media has been burst wide open by Trump.
The only valid response is SNL one night a week.
The Media no longer exists as it did in Jim Morrison's day.
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So ?, the Liberals have control of Murdoch, or vice versa, and of Bolt , Ray Hadley, Alan Jones, Steve Price, Kyle Sandlihands etc etc.
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Besides pretty young ladies, nobody control uncle Rupee.
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Indeed.
Or if you're a big corporation seeking favour from government then make sure that whenever you have staff traveling, they stay in a Trump hotel if there's one in that city. Always. Even if it's just some low level employee attending a training course who'd normally be given an allowance of $100 for accommodation, just put them up with Trump and make sure it's in the businesses' name. Or if you're really keen, rent some office space from him too. A minor cost if you stand to make a fortune via whatever deal with government.
Trump (the business) will gain even from those not seeking anything from Trump (the President). The publicity for the Trump brand by virtue of him being President is something that money just couldn't buy. If you're into status and symbolic stuff like that then so far as hotels are concerned you can't really top staying in one that's owned by the actual President of the USA.
In all of that, perception matters as much or more than reality. Even if Trump acts strictly in the interests of the US and completely ignores any benefit to his business, the perception will always be there that he has a conflict of interest and may be acting to benefit his business.
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Of course it will. It's a tax on US consumers. Who do you think will be the first to complain about the rising cost of products? The prez has pretty limited scope to raise taxes without congressional approval, so I'd put it more in the sabre rattling column at the moment.
Maybe Mexico could lease some land to China for a military base along the border to recoup some of the money they miss out on.
I think, more of an issue, is Australia strengthening ties with China, it would just about make a China wall on the West coast of the Pacific.
Yes but do the Liberals have control of Murdoch?........When you watch Bolt and Jones being so critical of Turnbull and the Liberal Party you have to wonder.... there is a difference to the Labor controlled ABC which is financed by the tax payer.
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