President Trump says he’s a great businessman and deal maker. What do the facts say?
- GoTrump.com — This 2006 luxury travel search engine lasted a year.
- Trump Airlines — Donald Trump bought a fleet of 17 Boeing 7272 for $365 million in 1988. He defaulted on the loans for this business and was forced to shut it down. It was taken over by his creditors.
- Trump Casinos — These casinos (Taj Mahal, Trump Plaza and Trump Marina) in Atlantic City filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the third time in a row.
- Trump Clothing — During his campaign, he talked strong about the country not manufacturing any more. It was coming from China. That includes his own line of clothing. It also is manufactured in Mexico and Bangladesh.
- Trump Magazine — He started this in 2007. It was gone a year and a half later.
- Trump Mortgage — He announced this business in 2006. It would be run by Don Jr. It lasted a year and a half.
- Trump: The Game — Back in 1989, he worked with Milton Bradley to release this game. It had soft sales. He tried to revive it after The Apprentice.
- Trump Steak — Started in 2007, his line of “the world’s greatest” steaks” has been discontinued.
- Trump Steakhouse — This Las Vegas restaurant closed in 2012 for 51 healthcares code violations.
- Trump University — Started in 2005, this no-accredited, for-profit university, Trump University was sued by 4 students in 2010. They contended it was “offering classes that amounted to extended ‘informercials'”. It 2013, the New York Attorney General sued him and the entity for defrauding students.
- Trump Vodka — According to a 2016 article by Bloomberg, its creator, J. Patrick Kenny, said “the company cratered.” It’s slogan? “Success Distilled”.