Yet another look at no scruple Trump .. sheesh, some here are totally new to me, and it's clear from Trump's trail of muck that Trump has little prudent business acumen .. and that he would do about anything for a buck .. welcome again to by hook or by crook, Trump .. mostly intros only outed here.
A Complete List of Donald Trump’s Business Disasters
Ashley Feinberg 3/18/16 8:00pm
Trump Steaks Launched: 2007 Service rendered: Steaks Years in business: 1
GoTrump.com Launched: 2006 Service rendered: Travel search engine Years in business: 1
Trump Airlines Launched: 1989 Service rendered: Hourly flights between Boston, New York City, and Washington D.C. Years in business: 4-ish
Trump Vodka Launched: 2006 Service Rendered: Drunk Years in business: 5
Trump Mortgage Launched: 2006 Service rendered: Residential and commercial real estate financing Years in business: 1.5
Trump: The Game Launched: 1989 Service rendered: Family fun Years in business: 1
Trump Magazine Launched: 2007 Service rendered: Entertainment for luxury-enthusiasts Years in business: 2-ish
Trump University
Screenshot: Archive.org
Launched: 2005 Service rendered: For-profit, non-accredited fake business degrees Years in business: 6
What went wrong: For a “school” that can’t actually give you any sort of recognized degree, $35,000 is a hell of a lot of money to spend on tuition. Especially when that school, according to the lawsuit four students filed against the business in 2010 .. http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2013/04/17/11-55016.pdf , consists of classes described as “extended infomercials,” sells “non-accredited products,” and takes “advantage of these troubled economic times to prey on consumer’s fears.”
Trump Ice Launched: 2004 Service rendered: Hydration Years in business: Less than 1
The New Jersey Generals Owner: 1984-1985 Service rendered: Football Years in business: 2
Tour de Trump Launched: 1989 Service rendered: Bike races Years in business: 2
Trump on the Ocean Launched: 2012 Service rendered: Restaurant/catering hall Years in business: 0.3
The Trump Network
[ .. Trump's sales pitch which is designed to persuade all to invest in him, in tone and call to success for YOU is echoed in his non-presidential run for president .. supporters say, "the life of your dream" .. 'you will do sooo well', "it's gonna be huge .. ]
Launched: 2009 Service rendered: Vitamin pyramid scheme Years in business: 2
What went wrong: Since the folding of Trump Magazine proved that people clearly didn’t have money to spare after the bubble burst, Trump decided to change strategies .. http://www.nationalreview.com/article/432468/donald-trump-networks-failure-harmed-small-investors . With the Trump Network, Trump offered a get-rich-quick scheme centered around what else but nutritional supplements. The motto: Discover the Difference between Opportunity and Success.
The supplements came from Ideal Health, Inc, which Trump purchased in 2009. In addition to the supplements, though, Trump also offered the PrivaTest, which Trump’s site described as .. http://web.archive.org/web/20110722042048/http:/idealhealth.com/Custom-Multivitamin/PrivaTest.aspx? .. “a scientific window into your personal biochemistry.” A test that the Trump Network recommended be repeated every nine months for $100 a pop, which would be outrageous even if the test actually worked. But as Dr. Stephen Barrett, of health watchdog site Quackwatch, noted, “No single test can provide a rational basis for dietary supplement recommendations.”
What’s more, the company didn’t even deliver on its promised scam. A FOIA by Quackwatch in 2004 turned up the following complaint on Ideal Health filed in 2001:
-- The consumer states that she was working for this company trying to sell their dietary supplement products. The consumer states that she paid the company $5,412.50 for promotional leads, and marketing programs. The consumer states that the company never did the promotional leads, and took the consumers [sic] money and ran --
And that’s what Donald Trump decided would be a great investment.
Trumped! Launched: 2004 Service rendered: Talk radio Years in business: 4
Trump New Media
Almost launched: 1998 Service rendered: Video-on-demand and high-speed internet Years in business: None
What went wrong: Eager to get in on the exciting world of the information superhighway, Donald Trump was apparently about to dip his toes into the ISP world back in the summer of 1998, announcing that the newly formed Trump New Media would “wire his 20,000 residential apartments with high speed $30 monthly access.”
And sure, Trump could have gone with something vaguely within his realm of expertise—but why break with tradition? A local announcement at the time wrote that “Trump admits he’s hardly the man to head a new media firm. ‘I’ll tell you what I know about it: Absolutely nothing.’” He partnered with Freelinq Communications to launch the firm, but after getting shut out by his more competent competition, the endeavor failed to ever take off.