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Title: Trump under siege as he's told to quit the 'birther' talk, and Robert De Niro likens him to a car salesman
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Daily Mail Online
URL Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art ... eNiro-likens-car-salesman.html
Published: Apr 24, 2011
Author: Daily Mail Reporter
Post Date: 2011-04-24 21:19:06 by Sebastian
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Views: 12753
Comments: 24
Donald Trump has been told to stop wasting time on the Obama 'birther' issue and 'focus on the main issues.' At the same time he has been rounded upon by Hollywood legend Robert De Niro, who said his whole act was ' a hustle... like being a car salesman'. The latest to speak out about Mr Trump's obsession with President Barack Obama's birthplace is New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Mr Bloomberg said the real estate mogul, reality TV star and potential 2012 GOP presidential nominee was wrong to concentrate on Obama's birthplace. He said: 'I think the Republicans are making a terrible mistake in making this a big issue. Wild words: Robert De Niro, right, accused Donald Trump of making statements 'that he can't back up' 'We have immigration. We have the deficit. We have the economy. Those are the things that the public cares about. 'My girlfriend always says it's always about housing and jobs - my house, my job. That's what the public cares about. And if the Republican Party doesn't start addressing that they will lose and they deserve to." Mr Bloomberg, a Democrat who first ran for mayor as a Republican but later declared himself an independent, said the birther bickering between Dems and the GOP is 'good theatre, but the country can no longer afford this.' De Niro's comments were made during an interview with NBC News anchor Brian Williams at the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday. Endorsement: The Rev. Franklin Graham said Trump talks a lot of sense De Niro said: 'I won't mention names, but there are certain people on the news in the last couple of weeks 52; what they're doing is crazy. 'They're making statements about people that they don't even back up. Go get the facts before you start saying things about people.' Mr Williams asked: 'Any of those people have shows on my network on Sunday night?' a reference to Mr Trump's Celebrity Apprentice. De Niro replied: 'Yes. "It's like a big hustle. It's like being a car salesman. Don't go out there and say things unless you can back them up. How dare you? It's awful. Just go out there and speak and say these terrible things? It's crazy.' But Mr Trump did get a ringing endorsement from the Rev. Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and the Christian relief organization Samaritan57;s Purse. When asked on Sunday on ABC57;s This Week if he would choose Mr Trump as his candidate, Mr Graham said 'Sure, yeah. Sure.' 'The more you listen to him, the more you say to yourself, "You know, maybe the guy57;s right".' While Mr Trump still has yet to declare whether he will run in 2012, his history of bankruptcies are sure to become an issue if he does throw his hat in the ring and could put a dent in his political aspirations. He consistently says the nation needs a President who is a 'winner, not a loser,' but never mentions the recurring pattern of Trump companies filing for bankruptcy to dodge creditors and distance him from business failure. When his Trump casinos filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2009, Mr Trump claimed he had nothing to do with the gaming halls. Beset by problems: Trump's casinos have figured heavily in his bankruptcy proceedings He is, however, listed as an owner on the casino's licence. In the last 20 years, Mr Trump's companies have sought protection from creditors to avoid financial collapse at least three times, the New York Daily News reports. By 1990, Trump's multiple enterprises amassed debts of $4 billion. Trump won a loan restructuring deal in June 1991 after negotiations with creditors. As part of that deal, Trump kept three casino properties in New Jersey, along with the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan and a then-undeveloped West Side tract. He also was allowed to keep the commercial space at Trump Tower on Fifth Ave., and Trump Palace condo tower on Third Ave. But he had to give up the Trump Shuttle airline, a 49 per cent stake in the Grand Hyatt Hotel, his 282ft yacht, a 27 per cent stake in the retail store Alexander's and commercial space at Trump Parc on Central Park South, records show. Around the same time, he was renegotiating debt on the Taj Mahal and at least one other Atlantic City casino. The Taj entered bankruptcy in July 1991, and emerged a few months later with bondholders getting 50 per cent of the property. By 2004, Mr Trump was staring at bankruptcy again. Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, the company that ran his casinos declared Chapter 11. The bankruptcy followed eight years of losses and $1.8 billion in debt. In a deal with the firm's bondholders, Trump reduced his stake in the company from 56 to 27 per cent. The bondholders wound up with 65 per cent. Then in February 2009, Trump Entertainment again sought bankruptcy protection. Days before the public filing, Trump quit as chairman of the board after the board rejected his offer to buy the company and take it private. When the casinos emerged from bankruptcy, Trump's ownership share in the casinos dropped from 25% to 5% with an option to buy 5% more. In exchange, his name stays on the casinos. Because he still has an ownership stake in the three casinos, his name remains on the license as a co-owner, according to the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.
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#17. To: Sebastian (#0)
Out of the people who are supposedly running. Who is better than Trump, and why?
If you're referring to Romney, Barbour, Pawlenty, Bachmann, Santorum, Huckabee, Huntsman, Gingrich, Bolton, Daniels or Cain, I'd probably go with Daniels or Cain as both have some executive experience and I don't know enough about either one to have crossed them off my list yet. My criteria for an elected official starts with he/she not be a career politician, whelped by a career politician, or married/screwing a career politician. I prefer they not be lawyers. And I don't vote for the lesser of two evils so it is rare that I vote Republicrat.
#21. To: Sebastian (#19)
I don't like Daniels. I like Herman Cain though.
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#19. To: A K A Stone (#17)
Out of the people who are supposedly running. Who is better than Trump, and why?
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