On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote:
> I hope he realises quite how toxic he's making the Trump brand nationally > and internationally. > He has had his ups and downs in business over the years and he figures when the news cycle moves on and he gets back to business he will be less toxic people won't remember or at least retain intensive feelings. Plus the market for most of his branded properties is wealthy people and they may agree with him and see no reason to stop doing business. The stuff that's marketed to the masses like menswear and cologne might just be sacrificed. > > On the other hand, I have enormous doubts about to what extent he's > involved in some of these buildings and golf clubs that bear his name. I've > long assumed that it's like Richard Branson's Virgin empire - of which I > was once part - in that for the most part it's a licencing deal. He takes a > fee for the branding and someone else fronts up the bulk of the cost. > That has already been reported in the US. Trump has not been an active real estate developer in years. Carl Hiaasen had a column in the Miami Herald months ago mentioning how a Trump-named project fell apart when the primary developers turned out to be mob related and were brought up on corruption charges. > > I'd love to see a serious financial news organisation fully investigate > his business empire. As I've said before, I doubt that Trump has as much > wealth as he makes out, especially if a substantial portion is attributed > to the value of the Trump name. It's instructive how little he's had to > spend thus far on this campaign. > If he racks up delegates in the early primaries and caucuses the investigative work will begin in earnest. There is a problem when so many marginal candidates have one or two rich backers and that keeps them in the race and it keeps the Republican Party from having a two person race where donors who oppose Trump can donate to the other candidate. Right now a lot of those donors are on the sidelines. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
