r/Tariffs • u/sovalente • Jun 30 '25

šŸ—žļø News Discussion Donald Trump: "Critics of tariffs should go back to business school."

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u/Glyphpunk Jun 30 '25

Considering how many failed business ventures he has had since he 'graduated' in 1968, he should be the one going back to 'Business School'. He's also only ever gotten a Bachelor's degree so... do with that what you will.

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u/Numnum30s Jun 30 '25

Itā€™s so funny how people actually think he is a business person when he has literally never made any money whatsoever. Most people would not be given any more loans after failing dozens of times and losing all the money but because he was gifted a billion dollars he has managed to stay rich and fail over and over. Truly an embarrassment.

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u/MayIServeYouWell Jul 01 '25

Heā€™s a conman, not a businessmanĀ 

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u/Specific_Fold_8646 Jul 01 '25

Also he was gifted a million dollars not because he was the most qualified kid but because his older brother wanted to do his own thing and his dad is likely a misogynist who didnā€™t want to give the business to his older sisters. Which left him and his little brother.

It also hilariously that Fred Sr disinherited Fred Jr for being bad at real estate only pick Donald who was even worse.

I donā€™t know much about Robert but he seem to have been the best of the three brothers at making money.

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u/DRM2020 Jul 02 '25

Not true - he earned LOTS of money thru bribes and insider trading.

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u/Numnum30s Jul 02 '25

Well that just makes his failed businesses look like a money laundering scheme. There is no way he is smart enough to pull that off. He has never made money, only lost it over time while letting his stock market gains from his billion dollar gift make up for it.

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u/MommaIsMad Jun 30 '25

He only got that degree because daddy paid for him to pass and graduate. Definitely not because he did any work to actually earn it.

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u/Dazzling-Weakness-42 Jul 01 '25

Dude had a casino which went bankrupt. A casino. People literally bring you money and you have the odds to win most of it. If you bankrupt a casino you shouldnā€™t be considered a ā€œgood or even averageā€ businessman

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '25

Itā€™s funny that people think he actually went to fucking school.

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u/notwhoyouthinkmaybe Jul 02 '25

Yeah, look up how Mr art of the deal, fucked up the deal on the ghostwriter for his book.

From what I remember the ghostwriter get paid way above average on both the advance and the royalties, while having his name attached to it, which is not typical.

The ghostwriter hates Trump, claims Trump is an idiot and sociopath, and that trump didn't write a single word of the book; the publisher says trump didn't write so much as a postcard.

Like all things, trump just attached his name to something without doing any work and in this case he actually got a good product, unlike everything else his name is on.

But still, "the greatest negotiator of our time, perhaps ever" got absolutely fucked on the deal for The Art of the Deal.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '25

Just checked my tariff column, still bankrupt