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fatslob-:O said:
RadiantDanceMachine said:

In what way are they irrelevant? They establish his failures, establish that his success is largely attributed to isolation from failure - i.e. bailouts by investors / federal government / banks.

I think you're confusing personal wealth with business success. 

They establish his mistakes but what they don't represent are his FINAL RESULTS and that is all that matters ... 

The difference between a good businessman and bad businessman is the same between a winner and a loser when playing the game. It doesn't get anymore clearer that Donald Trump is the winner ...

Personal wealth is related with business success and the only way he grew his fortune is by running a business ...

Did it ever cross your mind that success in life comes at the expense of failure for others ?

You're saying the failures are irrelevant which is really bizarre. A good businessman doesn't have 10+ businesses fail. 

Trump's wealth is a product of playing on the family name. Same reason Paris Hilton is wealthy. You don't think she's a good businesswoman do you?

He's made a few good deals that have certainly enhanced his personal wealth, but on the whole it's difficult to argue that he's had more successes than failures in the business world. Any time he's ventured outside merely buying and renovating properties he has failed and that's a result of his poor business acumen.

When you're isolated from failures, you can keep trying until you succeed. That's a product of his starting wealth that this opportunity was open to him. Had Donald been merely a small businessman, he would have failed initially and been unable to recover.