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You're allowed your opinion, and that's your choice. Not really interested in trying to change others minds on the guy, as most people have already made up their mind and are sticking to their story no matter what they're shown.
I also really don't care to read on every single click bait article about Trump, nor do I have the time.
I've looked into several of them in the past and I'm done. It's a waste of time, and just generating revenue for the media.
99% of it is as much of a sham as this impeachment hearing. Just watch the impeachment hearings then watch the news headlines that follow, "BOMBSHELL TESTIMONY". Yet any person that looks at it objectively found no bombshell testimony being displayed.
My opinion is. Trumps not that bad of a guy. No more corrupt than previous politicians. (He does need to stop tweeting or have more supervision over his tweets though). My stance is, the man is a billionaire. He easily could just live out his days doing whatever he wants with no care. I side with the opinion, that the man might be arrogant at times, but that he is trying to help out the nation, even if that means helping America also with the side purpose of boosting his own image.
Regardless, I don't care. If it does good things for the nation, then I'm all for it. I vote for policy, and I've liked some of things he's done so far. Additionally, I admire that the guy doesn't just crumble when thrown any opposition. Had we had a weaker Republican president that would have gave into the rage culture, we would have had infinitely worse results. The man actually speaks his mind, even if it's an unpopular opinion, or may generate some backlash. Which is better than a weak president that speaks solely to please and doesn't actually emphasize an issue.
Can pretty much guarantee I will be voting for the guy during 2020.
As another poster said, there isn't even another option.
Ok 99% of it is a sham. Lets just talk about the unpaid labour then
There are quite a few lawsuits out there
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At least 60 lawsuits, along with hundreds of liens, judgments, and other government filings reviewed by the USA TODAY NETWORK, document people who have accused Trump and his businesses of failing to pay them for their work. Among them: a dishwasher in Florida. A glass company in New Jersey. A carpet company. A plumber. Painters. Forty-eight waiters. Dozens of bartenders and other hourly workers at his resorts and clubs, coast to coast. Real estate brokers who sold his properties. And, ironically, several law firms that once represented him in these suits and others.
Trump’s companies have also been cited for 24 violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act since 2005 for failing to pay overtime or minimum wage, according to U.S. Department of Labor data. That includes 21 citations against the defunct Trump Plaza in Atlantic City and three against the also out-of-business Trump Mortgage LLC in New York. Both cases were resolved by the companies agreeing to pay back wages.
Litigator in chief
In addition to the lawsuits, the review found more than 200 mechanic’s liens — filed by contractors and employees against Trump, his companies or his properties claiming they were owed money for their work — since the 1980s. The liens range from a $75,000 claim by a Plainview, N.Y., air conditioning and heating company to a $1 million claim from the president of a New York City real estate banking firm. On just one project, Trump’s Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, records released by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission in 1990 show that at least 253 subcontractors weren’t paid in full or on time, including workers who installed walls, chandeliers and plumbing.
And the man has acknowledged welching people with the rationale below
"Let’s say that they do a job that’s not good, or a job that they didn’t finish, or a job that was way late. I’ll deduct from their contract, absolutely. That’s what the country should be doing."
-Donald Trump
What do you make of his rationale for not paying people
I havent gone over each and everysingle case myself but given the sheer number of them i think its safe to say the president is a welcher
This post was edited by duffman316 on Nov 23 2019 09:27pm