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Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts) Thu Oct 8, 2015, 07:07 AM Oct 2015

Clear Sign Trump Wants 'Out': Put Up or Shut Up

It's from HuffPost but..it's really good at making sense.

"Spending nary a dime, Donald Trump has leapfrogged a large field of presidential wannabees to take a commanding lead in the race for the Republican nomination for president.

Anyone in that position who had unlimited financial resources and who truly wanted to win the nomination would have already unleashed wall-to-wall ads in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada, and would be assembling a massive ground-game in those states.

Why? Because if Trump won those primaries…"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-abrams/clear-sign-trump-wants-out-put-up-or-shut-up_b_8254672.html

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Clear Sign Trump Wants 'Out': Put Up or Shut Up (Original Post) Shankapotomus Oct 2015 OP

You don't amass unlimited wealth by spending it when you don't appear to need to. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #1

I guess, he has begun to realize that CEO and President are not the same. DetlefK Oct 2015 #2

Excellent points! Shankapotomus Oct 2015 #3

Exactly. sibelian Oct 2015 #4

Presidentin' is hard work! Myrina Oct 2015 #5

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)

1. You don't amass unlimited wealth by spending it when you don't appear to need to.

Reply to Shankapotomus (Original post)

Thu Oct 8, 2015, 07:33 AM

Oct 2015

You can just as easily say Trump will milk the free press for as long as he can and continue to spend 'nary a dime' until he feels he needs to.

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)

2. I guess, he has begun to realize that CEO and President are not the same.

Reply to Shankapotomus (Original post)

Thu Oct 8, 2015, 08:33 AM

Oct 2015

You can say what you want as a CEO and people will do as you say, or they are fired.
As a President, you can't fire people for not doing as you say, and they sure as hell WON'T do as you say.

As CEO, you can hire the right people for a problem. If they can't solve it, replace them.
As President you cannot hire-and-fire your people at will and YOU will be blamed for everything that goes wrong, not the people you hired.

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)

3. Excellent points!

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 8, 2015, 08:37 AM

Oct 2015

I don't think Trump ever expected to be leading.

sibelian

(7,804 posts)

4. Exactly.

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 8, 2015, 09:08 AM

Oct 2015

I wonder if some people around him are pointing out what happened to Bush.

Myrina

(12,296 posts)

5. Presidentin' is hard work!

Reply to Shankapotomus (Original post)

Thu Oct 8, 2015, 09:13 AM

Oct 2015

And face it, Trump hasn't REALLY had a J - O - B in a long time. If ever.
He runs on his own schedule and mostly spends time being interviewed and insulting people.
Don't think he could even pass for a CEO anymore.

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