To All Who Deny Trump’s a Bad Businessman, Corrupt, a Scam Artist, Has Mob Ties, and Say, ‘Prove It,’ You’re Welcome
Proof Donald Trump’s a Terrible Businessman:
- Trump’s failed Baja resort fits pattern in candidate’s business record
- Trump Bankruptcy Math Doesn’t Add Up
- The Many, Many Myths of Donald Trump
- What value in Trump name? For his casinos, not enough
- Donald Trump bankruptcy: Everything you want to know
- Art of the steal
- Bloomberg: The Many, Many Myths of Donald Trump
- CNN: The Atlantic City summer that nearly ruined Donald Trump
- Bad Businessman
- Hillary Clinton correct that analysts have called Donald Trump a top global economic risk
- LA Times: Donald Trump settles lawsuit over Baja condo resort that went bust
- NY Times: Feeling Deceived Over Homes That Were Trump in Name Only
- LA Times: Trump’s failed Baja condo resort left buyers feeling betrayed and angry
- CNN Money: 8 Epic Business Failures with Donald Trump’s Name on Them
- Washington Post: The myth and the reality of Donald Trump’s business empire
- Yahoo Finance: 12 Donald Trump businesses that no longer exist
- MarketWatch: How Donald Trump left $13 billion on table
- Forbes: The Definitive Net Worth Of Donald Trump
- Roling Stone: Donald Trump’s 13 Biggest Business Failures
- Gawker: A Complete List of Donald Trump’s Business Disasters
- National Review: Donald Trump’s Scandals and Business Failures Roundup
- New York Daily News: A brief history of Donald Trump’s many business failures
- NBC News: Donald Trump’s Failed Business Ventures Are Back in the Spotlight
- Forbes: Fourth Time’s A Charm: How Donald Trump Made Bankruptcy Work For Him
- The Atlantic: Businessmen Against Trump
- CBS: Trump’s business success claims questioned
- WNYC: What Trump’s Past in Atlantic City Could Say About His Future
- Trump Failures
- Myth of Trump’s Great Business Success Crumbles As Trump Hotels Lost $1.7 Billion in 15 Years
- Fortune: Business the Donald Trump Way
- TPM: Top 10 Reasons To Doubt Trump Is Even A Billionaire
Proof Donald Trump’s a Corrupt Thug and Charlatan:
Trump University:Â Â
- NY Times: Former Trump University Workers Call the School a ‘Lie’ and a ‘Scheme’ in Testimony
- Washington Post: Donald Trump billed his ‘University’ as a road to riches, but critics call it a fraud
- Inside the Trump University ‘playbooks’
- TIME: What the Legal Battle Over Trump University Reveals About Its Founder
- CBS Investigation: Trump Network Scammed Vulnerable People During The Recession
- Mother Jones: Trump U: The Big Con Behind the School Accused of Fraud
- Vox: State attorneys general who dropped Trump University fraud inquiries subsequently got Trump donations
- TV Ad: “Scam”:
- Trump University: “Total Lie,†“Con,†“Scheme,† “Facade,†“Scamâ€Â
- Washington Post: Donald Trump billed his ‘University’ as a road to riches, but critics call it a fraud
- TIME: 6 Facts That Could Haunt Donald Trump From Trump University
- NY’s A.G. Schneiderman: Trump Tried To Settle Trump University Case
- ThinkProgress: Donald Trump Says ‘I Don’t Settle,’ But We Found 13 Times He Did.
- ThinkProgress: Trump Said He Didn’t Want To Settle The Trump University Fraud Case. It Appears He Was Lying.
- CNN Politic: Trump University: N.Y. attorney general says ‘this is straight up fraud’
- NBC News: Trump University Staffers Describe ‘Fraudulent Scheme’ In New Court Documents
- ABC News: NY Attorney General Slams Trump University as ‘Fraud From Beginning to End’
- NY Magazine: Trump University a Scam Just Like Trump Campaign
- HuffPo: Trump University: A Scam, But a Familiar One
- National Review: Trump University: Yes, It Was a Massive Scam
- NY Times: At Trump University, Students Recall Pressure to Give Positive Reviews
- Mother Jones: The 9 Wildest Complaints Against Trump University
- The New Yorker: The Trump University: It’s Worse Than You Think
- CBS Profiles Massive Fraud At Trump University
- PBS News Hour: Trump University model: Sell hard, demand to see a warrantÂ
- Washington Post: Donald Trump said ‘university’ was all about education. Actually, its goal was: ‘Sell, sell, sell!’
- The Amazing Origins of the Trump University Scam
- AP: Greg Abbott Given $35K Campaign Donation by Trump after Trump University Probe Dropped
- Ex-Texas Official Says He Was Ordered To Drop Trump U Probe Due To PoliticsÂ
- Trump University Script Tells Students to Inflate Income – ABC NewsÂ
- State attorneys general who dropped Trump University fraud inquiries subsequently got Trump donations
Trump Institute:
- NY Times: Trump Institute Offered Get-Rich Schemes With Plagiarized Lessons
- Tampa Bay Times: In Trump Institute, Donald Trump had Florida partners with a record of fraud
- Mother Jones: Before Trump University, There Was the Trump Institute. Here’s How Donald Trump Learned the Hustle
- CBS News: Report: Trump Institute plagiarized its course materials
- The Nation: Documents Show Just How Suckered Students of the Trump Institute Felt
- Trump Institute Fired Veteran For ‘Absences’ After He Was Deployed To Afghanistan
Scamming Veterans:
- Washington Post: What we know — and what we don’t — about the money Donald Trump raised for veterans
- Washington Post: Four months after fundraiser, Trump says he gave $1 million to veterans group
- Washington Post: Here’s how we found out about Donald Trump’s phantom $1 million donation to vets
- MSNBC: Trump’s veterans controversy goes from bad to worse
- TPM: The Timeline Of Trump And Friends’ Donations To Veterans Makes No Sense
- TPM: The Numbers Behind the Tantrum
- NPR: Donald Trump Released A List Of Veterans Groups He Says Received $5.6 In Donations
- Washington Post: Trump’s pattern of stiffing charities
- MSNBC: Trump’s veterans controversy goes from bad to worse
Scams &Â Fleecing the Government:
- Donald Trump didn’t pay federal income taxes in 1984.
- Trump’s Atlantic City windfall left others broke
- Mother Jones: Trump’s Casino Broke a Big Promise to Give Millions to Charity
- USA Today: Dive into Donald Trump’s thousands of lawsuits
- NY Daily News: Donald Trump used 9/11 funds program to net $150G payday
- The Weekly Standard: After 9/11, Trump Took Money Marked for Small Businesses
- Washington Post: Donald Trump, the welfare king
- L.A.Times: Donald Trump: Developer has thrived with government’s generosity
- USA TODAY exclusive: Hundreds allege Donald Trump doesn’t pay his bills
- Washington Post: Trump’s pattern of stiffing charitiesÂ
- Donald Trump Promised His Book Proceeds To Charity. So What Happened To Them?Â
- Donald Trump Promised To Give Trump Vodka Proceeds To Charity — But Never DidÂ
- Mother Jones: WTF, Donald?
Real Estate Corruption, Scams & Thuggery:Â
- The Daily Beast: How Donald Trump Tried to Cash In by Dumping Sewage Into the Hudson River
- Trump’s failed Baja resort fits pattern in candidate’s business record
- Hundreds allege Donald Trump doesn’t pay his bills
- Investors In Donald Trump’s Failed Mexico Resort Speak Out – YouTube
- Trump ordered to pay nearly $300,000 in lawsuit brought by jilted painter
- Trump’s clash with Las Vegas union highlights his unpredictability
- Donald Trump’s victims: Michael Diehl
- Philadelphia local news, sports, jobs, cars, homes
- Golfers Say Trump Reneged on Deal
- Trump’s Atlantic City windfall left others broke
- Buyers still feel burned by Donald Trump after Tampa condo tower failure
- ’Little guy’ contractors still angry at Trump Taj bankruptcy
- Donald Trump’s victims: Andrew Tesoro
- On MSNBC, NY Times Reporters Reveal The “Pretty Devastating Effect” Of Trump’s Business Record In Atlantic City
- The Daily Beast: Donald Trump Accused of Using His Charity as a Political Slush Fund
- BuzzFeed: Trump Bought $120,000 Luxury Trip With Trump Foundation Money At 2008 Charity Auction
- Donald Trump was a nightmare landlord in the 1980s
- Mother Jones: Trump’s Casino Broke a Big Promise to Give Millions to Charity
- USA Today: Dive into Donald Trump’s thousands of lawsuits
- Trump’s Vegas Hotel Spent Half A Million Dollars To Stop Maids From Unionizing
- Trump was once so involved in trying to block an Indian casino that he secretly approved attack ads
- Bad For Business: Donald Trump’s Record Of Stiffing The Little Guy
- The Daily Beast: How Trump Smeared Native Americans Back in 1993
- LA Times: rump’s art of the deal with Native Americans: Racial insults or flattery, whichever was good for business
- Donald Trump’s Atlantic City gamble
- ‘Little guy’ contractors still angry at Trump Taj bankruptcy
- YOU’VE BEEN TRUMPED THEATRICAL TRAILER
- LA Times: Donald Trump settles lawsuit over Baja condo resort that went bust
- NY Times: Feeling Deceived Over Homes That Were Trump in Name Only
- LA Times: Trump’s failed Baja condo resort left buyers feeling betrayed and angry
- RUTHLESS: Donald Has Spent a Lifetime Crushing Any ‘Little Guy’ Who Got in His Way
- The Daily Beast: Trump’s $1 Land Deal With a Corrupt Mayor
- NYT: Donald Trump Settled a Real Estate Lawsuit, and a Criminal Case Was Closed
- The Guardian: Donald Trump’s eminent domain love nearly cost a widow her house
- NY Times: Donald Trump Soured on a Deal, and Hong Kong Partners Became Litigants
- Exclusive: Trump’s 3,500 lawsuits unprecedented for a presidential nominee
- Washington Post: TRUMPED-UP ASSAULT ON INDIAN GAMBLINGÂ
- Politico: Trump’s War on Disabled Veteran Vendors
Corruption & Fraud:
- Trump Lied About PanAm To Boost His Newly-Launched ‘Trump Shuttles’
- Hundreds allege Donald Trump doesn’t pay his bills
- Trump ordered to pay nearly $300,000 in lawsuit brought by jilted painter
- Donald Trump’s victims: Michael Diehl
- The Many, Many Myths of Donald Trump
- Golfers Say Trump Reneged on Deal
- The Daily Beast: Donald Trump and Kids Named in $250M Tax Scam
- WaPo: Donald Trump once promised to donate to a charity helping Israeli soldiers. He didn’t. Somebody else paid for him.
- Trump’s company tricked investors. Here’s how
- USA Today: Dive into Donald Trump’s thousands of lawsuits
- Mother Jones: Trump’s Casino Broke a Big Promise to Give Millions to Charity
- The Daily Beast: Donald Trump Accused of Using His Charity as a Political Slush Fund
- Trump was accused of destroying email evidence in lawsuit 10 years ago
- WaPo: Trump promised millions to charity. We found less than $10,000 over 7 years
- Vanity Fair: 7 Takeaways from Vanity Fair’s 1990 Profile of Donald Trump
- USA Today: Trump’s 3,500 lawsuits unprecedented for a presidential nominee
- Politico: Shady accounting underpins Donald Trump’s wealth
- Fortune: Business the Donald Trump WayÂ
- Vox: State attorneys general who dropped Trump University fraud inquiries subsequently got Trump donations
- Trump was accused of destroying email evidence in lawsuit 10 years ago
- Washington Post: As its stock collapsed, Trump’s firm gave him huge bonuses and paid for his jet
- Exclusive: Trump’s 3,500 lawsuits unprecedented for a presidential nominee
The Movie Trump Doesn’t Want You to See:
Shady Business Deals and Mob Ties:
- The Company That Donald Trump Keeps
- Donald Trump’s attempt to court mobster’s daughter didn’t go well
- Politifact: Yes, Donald Trump has been linked to the mob
- The Federalist: How Close Was Donald Trump To The Mob?
- CNN: Donald Trump and the mob
- Washington Post: Trump swam in mob-infested waters in early years as an NYC developer
- Politico: Just What Were Donald Trump’s Ties to the Mob?
- Pulitzer Prize Winning Reporter Details Trump’s Mob Ties, Dealings with Criminals and Business Scams
- US News: Mob Ally’s Daughter: Trump Was Close to My Dad
- Trump challenged over ties to mob-linked gambler with ugly past
- How Close Was Donald Trump To The Mob?
- NY Times: Donald Trump Soured on a Deal, and Hong Kong Partners Became Litigants
- Mob Daughter: Trump Was Connected To My Mafia Dad
- ABC News: Memory Lapse? Trump Seeks Distance From ‘Advisor’ With Past Ties to Mafia
- The Marshall Project: Trump and the Mob
Tax Issues:
- The Daily Beast: Donald Trump and Kids Named in $250M Tax Scam
- Donald Trump didn’t pay federal income taxes in 1984
- What’s Donald Trump hiding?
- 4 things Donald Trump could be hiding in his tax returns
Charity Scams:
- Donald Trump Accused of Using His Charity as a Political Slush Fund
- How Does CharityWatch Rate the Veterans Charities on Trump’s Fundraiser List?
- Donald Trump: The Least Charitable Billionaire In The World
- WaPo: Trump promised millions to charity. We found less than $10,000 over 7 years
- Mother Jones: Trump’s Casino Broke a Big Promise to Give Millions to Charity
- The Daily Beast: Donald Trump Accused of Using His Charity as a Political Slush Fund
- WaPo: Donald Trump once promised to donate to a charity helping Israeli soldiers. He didn’t. Somebody else paid for him.
- BuzzFeed: Trump Bought $120,000 Luxury Trip With Trump Foundation Money At 2008 Charity Auction
Mid-East Business Ties:
- Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Trolls Trump: ‘I Bailed You Out Twice’
- Fox Overlooks Trump’s Middle East Business Ventures While Hyping His Clinton Foundation Criticism
- Mic: Here Are Some of Donald Trump’s Middle East Business Ventures
- Wealthy Muslims helped Donald Trump build his empire
- The Daily Beast: Trump Only Loves Rich Muslims Who Give Him Money
- Fox Overlooks Trump’s Middle East Business Ventures While Hyping His Clinton Foundation Criticism
- WaPo: Donald Trump wanted Moammar Gaddafi’s money
- The Donald And The Dictator
- NY Mag: Trump Told an Incredible Lie About Qaddafi
- Trump benefits from countries with anti-gay laws
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This repository is a work-in-progress. It will be updated and new sections will be added as new information becomes available.
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