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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,023 posts)
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 08:07 PM Aug 2019

Trump suggests companies complaining about tariffs are badly run

President Donald Trump claimed on Friday that companies who have pushed back against his escalating trade disputes have done so in an attempt to shift blame away from internal mismanagement.

"Badly run and weak companies are smartly blaming these small Tariffs instead of themselves for bad management...and who can really blame them for doing that? Excuses!" the president wrote on Twitter, without elaborating.

The White House did not immediately respond to an email requesting clarification.

Trump has sought to blame others for backlash over his standoffs with China and other trading partners, which have fueled existing concerns about slowing growth in the US and elsewhere. Polls out this month suggested support for his approach to the economy has waned and that Republicans would at least partly blame him in the event of a recession.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-suggests-companies-complaining-about-tariffs-are-badly-run/ar-AAGzoLd?li=BBnbcA1

Trump knows all about badly run companies because all of his fall into that category.

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Trump suggests companies complaining about tariffs are badly run (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2019 OP
Well, if there's one thing he knows about Dagstead Bumwood Aug 2019 #1
What's he trying to do? Short the value of stock for his buddies? no_hypocrisy Aug 2019 #2
Says the guy who bankrupted several of his own companies sakabatou Aug 2019 #3
Yeah. Turbineguy Aug 2019 #4
More projection! smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #5
It's bespoke-disaster Capitalism. Exactly what they're doing to the farmers. enough Aug 2019 #6
Trump knows all about badly run companies because all of his fall into that category. malaise Aug 2019 #7
Trump admits countries dealing with tariffs are badly run RainCaster Aug 2019 #8

Turbineguy

(37,342 posts)
4. Yeah.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 08:14 PM
Aug 2019

If I wanted my company to go bankrupt trump would just the guy I'm looking for to run it into the ground while skimming off a nice chunk for himself.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
5. More projection!
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 08:14 PM
Aug 2019

I run companies badly! I blame everyone but myself! I make excuses for my failures! I am incompetent and stupid!

I am sure this latest claim of his will endear him to the business community who helped to get him into office in the first place. He's such a moron.

enough

(13,259 posts)
6. It's bespoke-disaster Capitalism. Exactly what they're doing to the farmers.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 08:44 PM
Aug 2019

Set things up so the small farmer or business will fail. Makes it so much easier for the bigs.

malaise

(269,049 posts)
7. Trump knows all about badly run companies because all of his fall into that category.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 08:46 PM
Aug 2019

THIS!

He is beyond vile - what a despicable piece of crap

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